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  "id": "2021-04-24-university-of-north-carolina-at-chapel-hill-downtown-armed-robberies",
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  "incident": {
    "date": "2021-04-24",
    "type": "robbery",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "ongoing",
    "headline": "Downtown armed robberies; campus informational notice",
    "headlinePublic": "Downtown armed robberies; campus informational notice",
    "summary": "Alert Carolina published [this notice](https://alertcarolina.unc.edu/notifications/2021/04/24/alert-carolina-informational-chapel-hill-police-investigating-armed-robberies-in-downtown-chapel-hill/).",
    "outcome": "See Alert Carolina for full text.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
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      "sequence": 1,
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      "timestampApprox": "2021-04-24 (Alert Carolina)",
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      "verbatimText": "Chapel Hill Police are investigating three incidents of armed robbery near downtown Chapel Hill just before 9:00 p.m. Friday in which UNC-Chapel Hill students were victims. There were no injuries reported. Two individuals have been identified as persons of interest.\n\nThe incidents occurred at:\n\n342 W. Rosemary Street at 8:42 p.m.\n216 N. Roberson Street at 8:53 p.m.\n308 Sunset Drive at 8:59 p.m.\n\nThe Chapel Hill Police Department is investigating these crimes and has identified two persons of interest. If anyone has information about these crimes or the people responsible, please call 911 or Crime Stoppers at 919-942-7515. Calls to Crime Stoppers are confidential and anonymous, and the caller may be eligible for a cash reward up to $2,000 for information that leads to arrest. You can also leave tips for Crime Stoppers at http://www.crimestoppers-chcunc.org/.\n\nFor a list of safety tips, please visit https://campussafety.unc.edu/carolinasafe/tips/.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://alertcarolina.unc.edu/notifications/2021/04/24/alert-carolina-informational-chapel-hill-police-investigating-armed-robberies-in-downtown-chapel-hill/",
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  "context": "Official full text from [Alert Carolina](https://alertcarolina.unc.edu/notifications/2021/04/24/alert-carolina-informational-chapel-hill-police-investigating-armed-robberies-in-downtown-chapel-hill/).",
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      "title": "Alert Carolina official archive",
      "url": "https://alertcarolina.unc.edu/notifications/2021/04/24/alert-carolina-informational-chapel-hill-police-investigating-armed-robberies-in-downtown-chapel-hill/",
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      "title": "Alert Carolina home",
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  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "unc-chapel-hill",
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  "dateAdded": "2026-07-21",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-21",
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