{
  "id": "2023-02-04-columbia-university-robbery-robbery-msdand117thst-2023-02-04",
  "slug": "columbia-university-robbery-robbery-msdand117thst-2023-02-04-2023-02-04",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Columbia University",
    "shortName": "Columbia",
    "state": "NY",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "Columbia Public Safety Clery Alerts",
    "enrollment": 33000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2023-02-04",
    "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/20250101021134/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W08-Clery-Robbery-MSDand117thSt-2023-02-04.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 2023-02-04",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "Clery Crime Alert – Robbery\nOn Saturday February 4, 2023 at 8:48PM, the three unidentified persons in the photo below\nforcibly removed property from a non-affiliate at gunpoint in the vicinity of the Faculty House Gate\non Morningside Drive & West 117 St. No injuries sustained. The group was last seen entering\nMorningside Park at West 120 Street. If the identities of these individuals are known, or if seen,\nplease notify 911 and Columbia Public Safety at 212-854-5555.\n\nPlease note – Clery crime alerts are distributed, pursuant to Federal law, for specific crimes in\ndefined locations. They do not present, nor are they intended to present, a complete picture of crime\non campus.\n\nDaniel Ayala\nInterim Director of Investigations\n212-854-2054\nFebruary 5, 2023\nCase 23-000345",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://web.archive.org/web/20250101021134/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W08-Clery-Robbery-MSDand117thSt-2023-02-04.pdf",
      "sourceDescription": "Columbia Public Safety Clery crime alert PDF via Wayback Machine",
      "annotations": [
        "pdftotext from Wayback-archived official Clery PDF"
      ],
      "characterCount": 777
    }
  ],
  "context": "On or about 2023-02-04, Columbia Public Safety published a Clery crime alert. Live index is Cloudflare-restricted; [Wayback PDF](https://web.archive.org/web/20250101021134/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W08-Clery-Robbery-MSDand117thSt-2023-02-04.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/20250101021134/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W08-Clery-Robbery-MSDand117thSt-2023-02-04.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"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "robbery",
    "clery",
    "columbia",
    "wayback"
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  "dateAdded": "2026-07-21",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-21",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}