{
  "id": "2023-11-07-johns-hopkins-university-parkway-armed-robbery",
  "slug": "johns-hopkins-university-parkway-armed-robbery-2023-11-07",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Johns Hopkins University",
    "shortName": "JHU",
    "state": "MD",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "Hopkins Public Safety Campus Security Alerts",
    "alertPlatform": "Rave Mobile Safety",
    "enrollment": 31000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2023-11-07",
    "type": "robbery",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "Early-morning armed robbery at a bus stop near campus prompts a timely warning",
    "headlinePublic": "Early-morning armed robbery at a bus stop near campus prompts a timely warning",
    "summary": "At 4 a.m. on November 7, 2023, [a Johns Hopkins University affiliate waiting at the bus stop at University Parkway and Guilford Avenue was robbed at gunpoint](https://publicsafety.jhu.edu/clery-crime-data/campus-security-alerts/homewood-campus-summary/), a male suspect displaying a black handgun demanded the victim's phone and cash. The incident was [one of several armed robberies and carjackings logged near the Homewood campus](https://wellbeing.jhu.edu/blog/2024/10/14/recent-serious-crimes-on-and-near-our-homewood-campus-2/) that fall and was added to the JHU Public Safety Campus Security Alert log.",
    "outcome": "An iPhone and cash were taken. The victim was not physically injured. The suspect fled and was not located. The incident was logged in JHU Public Safety's Campus Security Alerts as part of a documented pattern of late-night armed robberies near the Homewood campus.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "Issued the morning of November 7, 2023 EST, after the 4 a.m. bus-stop robbery at University Parkway and Guilford Avenue",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "On November 7, 2023, at 4 a.m., at the bus stop at University Parkway and Guilford Avenue, an armed robbery occurred. A JHU affiliate was standing at the bus stop when a male suspect approached the victim, displayed a black colored handgun and stated \"give me your phone and any cash\". An iPhone and cash was handed over to the suspect. The suspect then ran eastbound on University Parkway towards Greenmount Avenue. No injuries reported.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://publicsafety.jhu.edu/clery-crime-data/campus-security-alerts/homewood-campus-summary/",
      "sourceDescription": "JHU Public Safety Homewood Campus Summary",
      "annotations": [
        "Quoting the suspect's exact demand ('give me your phone and any cash') is uncommon in Clery alerts and gives the alert documentary specificity",
        "The alert text logs only the facts of the robbery and offers no safety guidance; JHU separately promotes the [Hopkins Transportation Services shuttle](https://ts.jhu.edu/transportation-services/) as a late-night alternative to walking to bus stops in the Homewood area",
        "The 4 a.m. timestamp marks this as a vulnerable-window incident; JHU has flagged the late-night-to-early-morning hours as the highest-risk period for Homewood-area robberies",
        "Naming the cross-streets (University Parkway and Guilford Avenue) gives a precise location that helps shuttle riders and pedestrians plan routes around the documented hot zone"
      ],
      "characterCount": 438
    }
  ],
  "context": "[Johns Hopkins University](https://publicsafety.jhu.edu/clery-crime-data/campus-security-alerts/) is a private R1 institution of about 31,000 students with its main undergraduate campus at Homewood in north Baltimore. The campus is bordered to the north by [University Parkway](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_Parkway_(Baltimore)) and to the east by Guilford Avenue, both of which carry several MTA bus routes used by JHU affiliates. At approximately 4 a.m. on Tuesday, November 7, 2023, [a JHU affiliate waiting at the bus stop at University Parkway and Guilford Avenue was approached by a male suspect](https://publicsafety.jhu.edu/clery-crime-data/campus-security-alerts/homewood-campus-summary/) who displayed a black handgun and stated 'give me your phone and any cash.' The victim complied and the suspect fled with an iPhone and cash. The incident (one of [several armed robberies and carjackings near Homewood logged that fall and the following year](https://wellbeing.jhu.edu/blog/2024/10/14/recent-serious-crimes-on-and-near-our-homewood-campus-2/)) was added to the JHU Public Safety Campus Security Alert log and reported to Baltimore Police. The November 7 robbery preceded a series of similar incidents that prompted [JHU to issue a 'disturbing increase in serious violent crimes' communication in October 2024](https://www.foxnews.com/us/johns-hopkins-warns-disturbing-increase-serious-violent-crimes-baltimore-campuses). The pattern of late-night, single-suspect robberies of pedestrians waiting at transit stops is a recurring Clery alert profile across the Homewood campus and figures prominently in JHU's annual security report for 2023.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "The 4 a.m. timestamp aligns with JHU's consistently flagged late-night/early-morning vulnerability window for Homewood-area robberies",
    "Quoting the suspect's exact demand is uncommon in Clery alerts and gives the November 7 alert documentary specificity",
    "JHU promotes the Hopkins Transportation Services shuttle as a late-night alternative to walking to bus stops in the Homewood area",
    "The November 7, 2023 robbery preceded the October 2024 'disturbing increase in serious violent crimes' communication, both events together documented an emerging pattern of armed bus-stop robberies near Homewood",
    "University Parkway and Guilford Avenue is a recurring bus-stop hot zone that has appeared in multiple JHU Clery alerts"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Homewood Campus Summary (JHU Public Safety Campus Security Alerts)",
      "url": "https://publicsafety.jhu.edu/clery-crime-data/campus-security-alerts/homewood-campus-summary/",
      "type": "official-archive"
    },
    {
      "title": "Recent serious crimes on and near our Homewood Campus (JHU Student Well-Being)",
      "url": "https://wellbeing.jhu.edu/blog/2024/10/14/recent-serious-crimes-on-and-near-our-homewood-campus-2/",
      "type": "official-archive"
    },
    {
      "title": "Johns Hopkins warns of 'disturbing increase in serious violent crimes' around Baltimore campuses (Fox News)",
      "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/us/johns-hopkins-warns-disturbing-increase-serious-violent-crimes-baltimore-campuses",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "Campus Security Alerts (JHU Public Safety)",
      "url": "https://publicsafety.jhu.edu/clery-crime-data/campus-security-alerts/",
      "type": "official-archive"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "robbery",
    "armed-robbery",
    "timely-warning",
    "johns-hopkins",
    "maryland",
    "baltimore",
    "private-r1",
    "homewood",
    "university-parkway",
    "bus-stop-robbery",
    "late-night-vulnerability",
    "pattern-incident"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-05-03",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-16",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}