{
  "id": "2024-10-09-tulane-university-sexual-assault-residence-hall",
  "slug": "tulane-university-sexual-assault-residence-hall-2024-10-09",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Tulane University",
    "shortName": "Tulane",
    "state": "LA",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "TU Alerts / TUPD Crime Alerts"
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2024-10-09",
    "type": "sexual-assault",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "headline": "Sexual assault timely warning in undergraduate residence hall",
    "headlinePublic": "Sexual assault timely warning in undergraduate residence hall",
    "summary": "Tulane University Police Department issued a [campus crime notice](https://publicsafety.tulane.edu/sites/default/files/TimelyWarning_SexualAssaultUptownCampus_100924.pdf) on 2024-10-09. Full text recovered from the official TUPD PDF on the [Crime Alerts archive](https://publicsafety.tulane.edu/crime-alerts).",
    "outcome": "Official TUPD Safety Notice / Timely Warning PDF (1 message(s)).",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    },
    "resolution": "under-investigation"
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "TUPD notice dated 2024-10-09 (PDF on Crime Alerts archive)",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "Tulane University Police Department\n\nSubject: Timely Warning – Sexual Assault UPTOWN CAMPUS\n\nOffense: Sexual Assault\n\nDate: October 11, 2024\n\nContent Warning: The following narrative references a Sexual Assault\n\nDATE & TIME OF OCCURRENCE: October 09, 2024\n\nLOCATION: Undergraduate Residence Hall on the Uptown Campus\n\nREPORTED OFFENSE: The victim reports that a person who is known to the victim forcibly sexually assaulted the victim in the victim’s residence hall room. It is believed that the alleged perpetrator and victim met on a dating app.\n\nPERPETRATOR’S DESCRIPTION: TUPD has not received information indicating the identity of either the victim, who has a right to remain anonymous, or the alleged perpetrator, whose name was not provided.\n\nINVESTIGATION ONGOING:\n\nIf you have any information about these crimes, call TUPD at 504-865-5381 or NOPD at 504-8212222.\n\nTAKE A STAND AGAINST CRIME\n\n1. BE AWARE of your surroundings at all times.\n\n2. REPORT suspicious activity immediately.\n\n3. BE A GOOD WITNESS. Describe exactly what you observe with as many details as possible. Give complete descriptions such as sex, race, height, weight, hair color, clothing, etc.\n\nTUPD\n\nEmergency: 504-865-5911 Non-Emergency: 504-865-5381\n\nNOPD Emergency: 911 Non-Emergency: 504-821-2222\n\nHELPFUL NUMBERS\n\nLate Night Transportation:\n\n504-314-SAFE\n\nEscort: 504-865-5381\n\nhttp://tulane.edu/police/uptown/\n\nhttp://www.nola.gov/nopd/crime-data/crime-maps/",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://publicsafety.tulane.edu/sites/default/files/TimelyWarning_SexualAssaultUptownCampus_100924.pdf",
      "sourceDescription": "TUPD PDF (TimelyWarning_SexualAssaultUptownCampus_100924.pdf)",
      "annotations": [
        "Full official TUPD PDF from publicsafety.tulane.edu crime-alerts archive.",
        "Soft PDF line wraps joined; ligatures normalized to ASCII."
      ],
      "characterCount": 1444
    }
  ],
  "context": "TUPD publishes Clery Act [crime alerts as PDFs](https://publicsafety.tulane.edu/crime-alerts). On 2024-10-09, TUPD issued [this official notice](https://publicsafety.tulane.edu/sites/default/files/TimelyWarning_SexualAssaultUptownCampus_100924.pdf).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Verbatim text recovered from official TUPD PDF.",
    "Campus-transmitted Clery notice (email channel)."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "TUPD notice PDF (2024-10-09)",
      "url": "https://publicsafety.tulane.edu/sites/default/files/TimelyWarning_SexualAssaultUptownCampus_100924.pdf",
      "type": "official-archive"
    },
    {
      "title": "Crime Alerts - Tulane Public Safety",
      "url": "https://publicsafety.tulane.edu/crime-alerts",
      "type": "official-archive"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "sexual-assault",
    "tulane",
    "louisiana",
    "tupd-pdf"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-20",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-20",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}