{
  "id": "2017-12-15-syracuse-university-marshall-square-mall-closed-during-police-investig",
  "slug": "syracuse-university-marshall-square-mall-closed-during-police-investig-2017-12-15",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Syracuse University",
    "shortName": "Syracuse",
    "state": "NY",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "Orange Alert / DPS Notice",
    "enrollment": 22000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2017-12-15",
    "type": "crime",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Marshall Square Mall closed during police investigation",
    "headlinePublic": "Marshall Square Mall closed during police investigation",
    "summary": "Syracuse University DPS [published a public safety notice](https://dps.syr.edu/2017/12/15/public-safety-notice-incident-2/). Full text is preserved from the official DPS page.",
    "outcome": "See official DPS notice for investigation status and safety guidance.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "On Friday, December 15, 2017, at approximately 10:45 a.m., DPS and Syracuse Police Department are investigating an incident at Marshall Square Mall. The Mall is closed. Please stay away from the area until further notice. More information to follow.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://dps.syr.edu/2017/12/15/public-safety-notice-incident-2/",
      "sourceDescription": "Syracuse University Department of Public Safety notice",
      "annotations": [
        "Transcribed from official dps.syr.edu public safety notice HTML."
      ],
      "characterCount": 249,
      "confidence": "high",
      "timestampApprox": "DPS notice dated 2017-12-15"
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "update",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "On Friday, December 15th, 2017, at approximately 10:45 a.m., the Department of Public Safety Department (DPS) and the Syracuse Police Department (SPD) responded to 720 University Avenue, the United States Post Office at Marshall Square Mall, in regards to a suspicious package call. The package was located outside of the Post Office and employees believed that it may have contained something dangerous.\n\nThe area was evacuated as a precautionary measure while the incident was investigated.\n\nThe SPD Bomb Squad and K-9 Units responded to the scene to assist in the investigation. The package was later determined to contain a compact style refrigerator, and was not a threat to the community.\n\nUnited States Postal Investigators and the ATF assisted in this investigation.\n\nThe Marshall Square Mall has resumed normal operations at this time.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://dps.syr.edu/2017/12/15/public-safety-update/",
      "sourceDescription": "Syracuse University Department of Public Safety notice",
      "annotations": [
        "Transcribed from official dps.syr.edu public safety notice HTML."
      ],
      "characterCount": 844,
      "confidence": "high",
      "timestampApprox": "DPS notice dated 2017-12-15"
    }
  ],
  "context": "Syracuse University Department of Public Safety public safety notice series under dps.syr.edu.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official DPS public safety notice preserves campus community warning text."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "type": "official-archive",
      "title": "Public Safety Notice: Incident",
      "url": "https://dps.syr.edu/2017/12/15/public-safety-notice-incident-2/",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-25"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "syracuse",
    "dps",
    "public-safety-notice",
    "crime"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-25",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-25",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}