{
  "id": "2023-03-04-brown-university-simple-assault-march-4",
  "slug": "brown-university-simple-assault-march-4-2023-03-04",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Brown University",
    "shortName": "Brown",
    "state": "RI",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "Brown Alert",
    "enrollment": 11000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2023-03-04",
    "type": "assault",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "Public safety notice for a simple assault on or near campus",
    "headlinePublic": "Public safety notice for a simple assault on or near campus",
    "summary": "Brown Public Safety [posted a public notice](https://publicsafety.brown.edu/alerts/simple-assault) on 2023-03-04. Full text is preserved from the [official alerts archive](https://publicsafety.brown.edu/alerts/crime-alerts).",
    "outcome": "See the official notice for investigation status and community guidance.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "Published on or about 2023-03-04 on the Brown Public Safety alerts archive",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "On Saturday, March 4, 2023, at approximately 1055hrs, the Brown University Department of Public Safety responded to a Brown University community member who reported being fired at with pellets. The community member stated that the vehicle was a four-door, gray, or white SUV. The driver was pointing what appeared to be a pellet gun and then drove away traveling south on Thayer Street. The community member was uninjured as a result of being hit with the projectiles.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://publicsafety.brown.edu/alerts/simple-assault",
      "sourceDescription": "Brown DPSEM public alerts archive (publicsafety.brown.edu)",
      "annotations": [
        "Full text from official Brown Public Safety alert page paragraphs"
      ],
      "characterCount": 468
    }
  ],
  "context": "On 2023-03-04, [Brown University](https://www.brown.edu/) Department of Public Safety published a community-facing notice now archived at [publicsafety.brown.edu](https://publicsafety.brown.edu/alerts/simple-assault). The [crime alerts index](https://publicsafety.brown.edu/alerts/crime-alerts) lists multi-year Clery and community notices.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Full official text recovered from Brown's public alerts archive",
    "Verbatim transcription for emergency-management research use"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Public safety notice for a simple assault on or near campus (Brown Public Safety)",
      "url": "https://publicsafety.brown.edu/alerts/simple-assault",
      "type": "official-archive"
    },
    {
      "title": "Brown Public Safety crime alerts index",
      "url": "https://publicsafety.brown.edu/alerts/crime-alerts",
      "type": "official-archive"
    },
    {
      "title": "Brown University emergency information",
      "url": "https://www.brown.edu/emergency",
      "type": "official"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "assault",
    "brown"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-21",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-21",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}