{
  "id": "2023-05-24-columbia-university-robbery-robbery-601w115st-05242023",
  "slug": "columbia-university-robbery-robbery-601w115st-05242023-2023-05-24",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Columbia University",
    "shortName": "Columbia",
    "state": "NY",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "Columbia Public Safety Clery Alerts",
    "enrollment": 33000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2023-05-24",
    "type": "robbery",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "Clery crime alert for a robbery near campus",
    "headlinePublic": "Clery crime alert for a robbery near campus",
    "summary": "Columbia Public Safety issued a Clery crime alert PDF recovered via [Wayback](https://web.archive.org/web/20231208230256/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W15_CleryAlert_Robbery_601W115st_05242023.pdf). Full text preserved from the official flyer.",
    "outcome": "See the Clery crime alert for investigation status and safety guidance.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "Published as Columbia Clery crime alert around 2023-05-24",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "Clery Crime Alert – Robbery\nOn May 24, 2023, at approximately 3:00 PM, Columbia University Public Safety was notified of a robbery that took\nplace inside of Morton Williams Market (601 West 115 St) on May 24, 2023 at 6:00 AM. The unknown individuals in the\nphotos below entered the store and displayed a knife and forcibly removed property from the store. The individuals,\nafter exiting the store, ran north on Broadway and entered the subway. If the identity of the individuals is known or if\nseen, please call 911 and Public Safety at 212 854-5555. There is a report on file with the NYPD.\n\nPlease Note – Clery Crime Alerts are distributed, pursuant to Federal Law, for specific crimes in defined locations.They\ndo not present, nor are they intended to present, a complete picture of crime on campus.\n\nDaniel Ayala John Garvey\nInterim Director of Investigations Senior Investigator\n212 854-2634 212 854-4790\nMay 24, 2023 Case # 2023-001643",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://web.archive.org/web/20231208230256/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W15_CleryAlert_Robbery_601W115st_05242023.pdf",
      "sourceDescription": "Columbia Public Safety Clery crime alert PDF via Wayback Machine",
      "annotations": [
        "pdftotext from Wayback-archived official Clery PDF"
      ],
      "characterCount": 941
    }
  ],
  "context": "On or about 2023-05-24, Columbia Public Safety published a Clery crime alert. Live index is Cloudflare-restricted; [Wayback PDF](https://web.archive.org/web/20231208230256/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W15_CleryAlert_Robbery_601W115st_05242023.pdf) holds the public text.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official Clery PDF complete text",
    "Recovered via Wayback"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Clery PDF (Wayback)",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20231208230256/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W15_CleryAlert_Robbery_601W115st_05242023.pdf",
      "type": "official-archive"
    },
    {
      "title": "Columbia Clery index",
      "url": "https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/content/clery-crime-alerts",
      "type": "official-archive"
    },
    {
      "title": "Columbia University",
      "url": "https://www.columbia.edu/",
      "type": "official"
    }
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  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "robbery",
    "clery",
    "columbia",
    "wayback"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-21",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-21",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}