Aggravated assault in Washington Square Park
AI-generated · every claim is source-linkedNYU Campus Safety issued a Clery Campus Notice for an aggravated assault in Washington Square Park.
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NYU Clery Campus Notice Aggravated Assault On Thursday, June 18, at 8:17 a.m., the Department of Campus Safety received a report of a stabbing that occurred at approximately 8:05 p.m. on Wednesday, June 17, in Washington Square Park in Manhattan. The non-NYU victim confronted an individual in Washington Square Park. During the altercation, several bystanders intervened. In response, a family member of the victim deployed bear spray affecting those involved and additional individuals in the surrounding area. A physical fight ensued involving the victim, family member, and multiple other individuals. During the fight, the victim was stabbed once in the chest with a knife. The victim and family member then fled northbound toward University Place, pursued by the persons of interest, whom the victim said were armed with knives. The victim and their family member were arrested by the NYPD for the use of bear spray. The stabbing is under investigation by the NYPD. Description of Suspect(s): The below photograph shows one of the two individuals who was involved in the fight when the stabbing occurred and this individual continued to pursue the victim through Washington Square Park and onto University Place. The other individual involved remained in the Park. The NYU Department of Campus Safety will continue to monitor the incident. If you have any additional information about this incident, please contact the NYPD at 800-577-TIPS and NYU Campus Safety at (212) 998-2222. Please Remember These Safety Tips: Be aware of your surroundings, especially when walking alone. Using a smartphone or other electronic device, especially with ear buds, can be distracting and may make you a vulnerable target for an assailant. Trust your instincts. If you feel that you may be in danger, seek out others, a store, or an open NYU facility that has Campus Safety Officers posted. Try not to walk alone during late-night hours. Walk in groups, whenever you can, there is always safety in numbers. If you are the victim of - or witness to - a crime, call 911 immediately and then report the incident to the Department of Campus Safety at (212) 998-2222. NYU Students can call the Wellness Exchange at (212) 443-9999, 24/7, for confidential medical and counseling support. NYU Faculty, Administrators, and Staff can call the Employee Assistance Program powered by Optum at (888) 980-8740, 24/7, for confidential counseling support. Check out our website to learn more about how to stay safe on campus and around the city, including tips, community engagement events, and digital programming. Read more about our notification policy and procedures. You can also learn more about Campus Safety's services and review answers to Frequently Asked Questions on our website.
Sourcepresent25/25
Final assessment
All 25 reads find Source present because NYU Clery Campus Notice and Department of Campus Safety identify the sender.
Who is sending the alert and who is responding. People act faster on a message from a clearly identifiable, credible sender, such as a named department, the police, or a branded alert system, than on an anonymous notice. A branded signature counts.
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- present: "NYU Clery Campus Notice" and "Department of Campus Safety" identify the sender, and NYPD is named as investigator.
- present: "NYU Clery Campus Notice" and the Department of Campus Safety identify the sender, with NYPD named as investigating.
- present: The message is titled "NYU Clery Campus Notice" and names the Department of Campus Safety and NYPD as authorities.
- present: "NYU Clery Campus Notice" and the Department of Campus Safety identify the sender, with NYPD named as investigating.
- present: The branded "NYU Clery Campus Notice" and "Department of Campus Safety" identify the sender.
- present: The header "NYU Clery Campus Notice" and Department of Campus Safety identify the sender, and NYPD is named as investigating.
- present: The message opens with NYU Clery Campus Notice and names the Department of Campus Safety and the NYPD.
- present: "NYU Clery Campus Notice" and "Department of Campus Safety" identify the sender, and NYPD is also named.
- present: The branded "NYU Clery Campus Notice" and named "Department of Campus Safety" identify the sender.
- present: "NYU Clery Campus Notice" and "Department of Campus Safety" identify the sender, and NYPD is named as investigating.
- present: The branded "NYU Clery Campus Notice" and "Department of Campus Safety" identify the sender.
- present: The header "NYU Clery Campus Notice" and "Department of Campus Safety" identify the sender, and NYPD is named as investigating.
- present: "NYU Clery Campus Notice" and the Department of Campus Safety name the sending authority.
- present: "NYU Clery Campus Notice" and the "Department of Campus Safety" identify the sender, and NYPD is named as investigating.
- present: "NYU Clery Campus Notice" and "the Department of Campus Safety" identify the sending authority.
- present: The heading NYU Clery Campus Notice plus Department of Campus Safety and NYPD identify the source.
- present: "NYU Clery Campus Notice" and the Department of Campus Safety name the issuer, and NYPD is identified as investigating.
- present: The branded "NYU Clery Campus Notice" and "Department of Campus Safety" identify the issuing authority.
- present: The branded heading "NYU Clery Campus Notice" and "Department of Campus Safety" identify the issuing authority.
- present: The branded "NYU Clery Campus Notice" and "Department of Campus Safety" identify the sender.
- present: "NYU Clery Campus Notice" and the Department of Campus Safety, plus NYPD, identify the issuers and responding agencies.
- present: The branded title "NYU Clery Campus Notice" and "Department of Campus Safety" identify the sender.
- present: NYU Clery Campus Notice and the Department of Campus Safety identify the issuing office.
- present: The NYU Clery Campus Notice banner and Department of Campus Safety identify the sender.
- present: The header "NYU Clery Campus Notice" and Department of Campus Safety name the sender.
Hazardpresent25/25
Final assessment
All 25 reads find Hazard present: aggravated assault and a stabbing with a knife name a specific threat.
What the threat actually is. A complete warning names the specific danger, such as a shooter, a fire, a tornado, or a gas leak, rather than a vague emergency, because people decide what to do based on what they are facing.
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- present: It names "Aggravated Assault" and a "stabbing" with a knife, a specific threat.
- present: The title "Aggravated Assault" plus a reported stabbing with a knife names a specific violent threat.
- present: It names "Aggravated Assault" and a "stabbing" with a knife, plus bear spray and persons armed with knives.
- present: It names "Aggravated Assault" and "a stabbing", plus suspects "armed with knives", as the specific threat.
- present: It names "Aggravated Assault" and a "stabbing" with a knife, a specific threat.
- present: It names "Aggravated Assault" and a "stabbing" with a knife, a specific threat.
- present: It names aggravated assault and a stabbing, and says persons of interest were armed with knives.
- present: It specifies "Aggravated Assault" and a "stabbing" with a knife during a fight, plus bear spray.
- present: The heading "Aggravated Assault" and the report of a "stabbing" name a specific threat.
- present: It names "Aggravated Assault" and a "stabbing" with a knife, with persons of interest "armed with knives".
- present: It names "Aggravated Assault" and a "stabbing", and says persons of interest were "armed with knives".
- present: The subject is "Aggravated Assault" and the body reports a "stabbing" with a knife.
- present: It specifies "Aggravated Assault" and a "stabbing" with a knife, a concrete threat.
- present: It names "Aggravated Assault" and a "stabbing" with a knife during a fight, a specific threat.
- present: The heading "Aggravated Assault" and "report of a stabbing" name a specific violent crime.
- present: It names Aggravated Assault and a stabbing with a knife, a specific threat.
- present: It names "Aggravated Assault" and a "stabbing" with a knife, a specific violent hazard.
- present: It names "Aggravated Assault" and a "stabbing", with persons of interest "armed with knives".
- present: It names "Aggravated Assault" and a "stabbing" with a knife, plus bear spray, as the threats.
- present: It names "Aggravated Assault" and a "stabbing" with a knife, a specific threat.
- present: It names "Aggravated Assault" and a "stabbing" with a knife, plus bear spray and a fight.
- present: It specifies "Aggravated Assault" and a "stabbing" with a knife.
- present: Aggravated assault and a stabbing with a knife name a specific violent threat.
- present: Aggravated assault and a knife stabbing name a specific violent crime.
- present: It names "Aggravated Assault" and a "stabbing" with a knife, a specific threat.
Locationpresent25/25
Final assessment
All 25 reads find Location present in Washington Square Park in Manhattan.
Where the threat is. Saying whether danger is in a specific building, a part of campus, or area-wide lets people judge their own proximity and choose a safe direction. Without a where, a warning is hard to act on precisely.
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- present: The stabbing is placed "in Washington Square Park in Manhattan," with flight toward University Place.
- present: The fight and stabbing are placed in Washington Square Park in Manhattan, then toward University Place.
- present: It places the incident "in Washington Square Park in Manhattan" and the flight "northbound toward University Place."
- present: The stabbing occurred "in Washington Square Park in Manhattan", with flight "toward University Place".
- present: It places the incident "in Washington Square Park in Manhattan" and toward University Place.
- present: It locates the incident "in Washington Square Park in Manhattan" and pursuit toward University Place.
- present: It locates the stabbing in Washington Square Park in Manhattan, with pursuit toward University Place.
- present: It locates the incident "in Washington Square Park in Manhattan" and flight "toward University Place."
- present: It locates the incident "in Washington Square Park in Manhattan" and toward University Place.
- present: The stabbing occurred "in Washington Square Park in Manhattan", with flight toward University Place.
- present: It locates the incident "in Washington Square Park in Manhattan" and toward University Place.
- present: It locates the stabbing "in Washington Square Park in Manhattan" and pursuit "toward University Place".
- present: The stabbing occurred "in Washington Square Park in Manhattan," with flight toward University Place.
- present: The incident is placed "in Washington Square Park in Manhattan," with flight "toward University Place."
- present: It locates the incident "in Washington Square Park in Manhattan" and toward University Place.
- present: The stabbing is placed in Washington Square Park in Manhattan, with flight toward University Place.
- present: The stabbing occurred "in Washington Square Park in Manhattan," with pursuit toward University Place.
- present: It places the incident "in Washington Square Park in Manhattan" and pursuit toward University Place.
- present: It places the stabbing "in Washington Square Park in Manhattan" and pursuit toward University Place.
- present: It places the incident "in Washington Square Park in Manhattan" and pursuit toward University Place.
- present: It places the incident in Washington Square Park in Manhattan and along University Place.
- present: The incident is placed "in Washington Square Park in Manhattan", with movement toward University Place.
- present: The stabbing is located in Washington Square Park in Manhattan, with flight toward University Place.
- present: Washington Square Park in Manhattan is named, with the suspect fleeing toward University Place.
- present: It places the incident "in Washington Square Park in Manhattan" and along University Place.
Guidancepresent25/25
Final assessment
All 25 reads find Guidance present: stay aware, seek others or an open facility, walk in groups, and call 911.
The protective action to take. A clear, specific instruction, such as shelter in place, evacuate, avoid the area, or run-hide-fight, drives faster and more correct protective behavior than describing the threat alone.
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- present: Recipients are told to stay aware, seek others or an NYU facility if in danger, walk in groups, and call 911.
- present: Tips instruct recipients to stay aware, walk in groups, seek others if in danger, and call 911.
- present: Safety tips instruct recipients to be aware of surroundings, seek help if in danger, walk in groups, and call 911 immediately.
- present: Safety tips tell recipients to seek others or an open NYU facility if in danger and to "call 911 immediately".
- present: Safety tips tell recipients to seek others if in danger, walk in groups, and call 911 immediately.
- present: Safety tips tell recipients to seek others or an NYU facility if in danger, walk in groups, and call 911.
- present: Safety tips tell recipients to be aware of surroundings, seek others if in danger, and call 911.
- present: Safety tips instruct recipients to seek others or an NYU facility if in danger, walk in groups, and call 911 immediately.
- present: Safety tips tell recipients to be aware, walk in groups, seek help if in danger, and call 911.
- present: Safety tips instruct recipients to seek others if in danger, walk in groups, and "call 911 immediately".
- present: Safety tips tell recipients to be aware, seek help if in danger, and "call 911 immediately".
- present: Safety tips tell readers to be aware of surroundings, seek help if in danger, walk in groups, and call 911.
- present: Tips tell recipients to seek help if in danger and to "call 911 immediately" if they witness a crime.
- present: Safety tips instruct people to seek others or an NYU facility if in danger, walk in groups, and "call 911 immediately."
- present: Safety tips tell recipients to stay aware, seek help if in danger, walk in groups, and call 911.
- present: Safety tips instruct people to seek others if in danger and to call 911 immediately if a victim or witness.
- present: Recipients are instructed to seek others or an NYU facility if in danger, avoid walking alone, and call 911.
- present: Safety tips tell recipients to seek others or an NYU facility if in danger and to "call 911 immediately".
- present: Safety tips instruct recipients to be aware, seek others or an open facility, walk in groups, and call 911.
- present: Safety tips tell recipients to seek others or an open NYU facility if in danger and to call 911.
- present: Tips tell readers to seek others or an NYU facility if in danger and to call 911 if they witness a crime.
- present: Recipients are told to seek others or a facility if in danger and to "call 911 immediately".
- present: The text tells people to stay aware, seek others or an NYU facility, walk in groups, and call 911.
- present: Stay aware, seek others or an NYU facility, walk in groups, and call 911 are instructions to recipients.
- present: Safety tips tell recipients to stay aware, avoid walking alone, seek help if in danger, and call 911.
Timepresent25/25
Final assessment
All 25 reads find Time present via Thursday, June 18, at 8:17 a.m. and 8:05 p.m. on Wednesday, June 17.
When the message applies. A timestamp, the word now or immediately, or a phrase like until further notice tells the reader whether the danger is current and how quickly to act.
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- present: It gives "Thursday, June 18, at 8:17 a.m." for the report and "8:05 p.m. on Wednesday, June 17" for the crime.
- present: The stabbing is timed to about 8:05 p.m. on Wednesday, June 17, with the report at 8:17 a.m. on Thursday, June 18.
- present: It gives "Thursday, June 18, at 8:17 a.m." for the report and "8:05 p.m. on Wednesday, June 17" for the stabbing.
- present: It reports a notice time of "Thursday, June 18, at 8:17 a.m." and an offense time of "8:05 p.m. on Wednesday, June 17".
- present: It reports Thursday, June 18, at 8:17 a.m. and the stabbing at about 8:05 p.m. on Wednesday, June 17.
- present: It reports Thursday, June 18, at 8:17 a.m., with the stabbing at about 8:05 p.m. on Wednesday, June 17.
- present: It gives clock times and dates, including 8:17 a.m. on Thursday, June 18, and 8:05 p.m. on June 17.
- present: Times include Thursday, June 18, at 8:17 a.m. for the report and about 8:05 p.m. on Wednesday, June 17 for the stabbing.
- present: It gives "8:17 a.m." on Thursday, June 18 for the report and "8:05 p.m. on Wednesday, June 17" for the stabbing.
- present: The report arrived "Thursday, June 18, at 8:17 a.m." and the stabbing was "at approximately 8:05 p.m. on Wednesday, June 17".
- present: It gives clock times and dates, including "Thursday, June 18, at 8:17 a.m." and "8:05 p.m. on Wednesday, June 17".
- present: The report is "Thursday, June 18, at 8:17 a.m." and the stabbing "8:05 p.m. on Wednesday, June 17".
- present: It gives Thursday, June 18, at 8:17 a.m., and the stabbing at about 8:05 p.m. on Wednesday, June 17.
- present: Times include "Thursday, June 18, at 8:17 a.m." for the report and "8:05 p.m. on Wednesday, June 17" for the stabbing.
- present: It gives "Thursday, June 18, at 8:17 a.m." and "approximately 8:05 p.m. on Wednesday, June 17."
- present: It gives Thursday, June 18, at 8:17 a.m. and the stabbing at approximately 8:05 p.m. on Wednesday, June 17.
- present: It dates the stabbing to "Wednesday, June 17" at "approximately 8:05 p.m." plus a next-morning report time.
- present: It reports times including "Thursday, June 18, at 8:17 a.m." and "8:05 p.m. on Wednesday, June 17".
- present: It gives clock times and dates, including "Thursday, June 18, at 8:17 a.m." and "8:05 p.m. on Wednesday, June 17".
- present: It reports times including "Thursday, June 18, at 8:17 a.m." and "8:05 p.m. on Wednesday, June 17."
- present: It reports times and dates: Thursday, June 18 at 8:17 a.m. and Wednesday, June 17 at about 8:05 p.m.
- present: It gives "Thursday, June 18, at 8:17 a.m." and "approximately 8:05 p.m. on Wednesday, June 17".
- present: It reports Thursday, June 18, at 8:17 a.m. and the crime at 8:05 p.m. on Wednesday, June 17.
- present: Thursday, June 18 at 8:17 a.m. and 8:05 p.m. on Wednesday, June 17 are explicit times.
- present: It cites Thursday, June 18, at 8:17 a.m. and the stabbing at about 8:05 p.m. on Wednesday, June 17.
Impactpresent22/25
Final assessment
22 of 25 reads find Impact present because the victim was stabbed in the chest and bear spray affected bystanders; 3 treat that as the named assault itself.
What the hazard could do to the people in its path. Beyond naming the threat, a complete warning conveys its potential consequences or severity, such as that a tornado can level buildings or that a leak could be explosive, so recipients grasp how much danger they are in. Research on warning message content finds that a concrete impact statement helps people personalize their risk and act sooner.
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- present: It states the victim was stabbed in the chest and bear spray affected bystanders, conveying harm and severity.
- present: The victim was stabbed in the chest and bear spray affected bystanders, stating serious harm to people.
- present: It states the victim was "stabbed once in the chest" and that bear spray affected those involved and others nearby.
- present: It states the victim was "stabbed once in the chest" and bear spray was "affecting those involved and additional individuals", which is harm to people.
- present: It states the victim was stabbed in the chest and bear spray affected additional people in the area.
- present: It states the victim was stabbed in the chest and bear spray affected bystanders, conveying harm and severity.
- present: The victim was stabbed once in the chest and bear spray affected others, stating harm to people.
- present: Harm is explicit: the victim was stabbed in the chest, and bear spray affected bystanders in the area.
- present: The victim "was stabbed once in the chest with a knife" and bear spray affected bystanders, stating harm.
- present: Stated harm includes the victim "stabbed once in the chest" and bear spray "affecting those involved and additional individuals".
- absent: The chest stabbing describes the named assault itself, with no extra severity wording such as dangerous or life-threatening.
- present: It states the victim was "stabbed once in the chest" and bear spray affected people nearby, which is harm.
- present: The victim was "stabbed once in the chest," and bear spray affected bystanders, stating harm to people.
- present: It reports the victim was "stabbed once in the chest with a knife" and that bear spray affected people nearby, stating harm and severity.
- present: It states the victim was stabbed in the chest and bear spray affected bystanders, showing harm and severity.
- present: The victim was stabbed once in the chest and bear spray affected bystanders, which states harm to people.
- present: The victim was "stabbed once in the chest" and bear spray affected bystanders, stating injury and harm.
- present: It states the victim was "stabbed once in the chest" and bear spray affected people nearby, conveying harm.
- present: It states the victim "was stabbed once in the chest" and that bear spray affected bystanders, conveying harm.
- absent: Describing the completed stabbing names the hazard but does not state potential consequences or severity such as "dangerous" or "life-threatening."
- present: It states the victim was stabbed in the chest and that bear spray affected bystanders in the surrounding area.
- present: The victim "was stabbed once in the chest" and bear spray affected bystanders, which states harm to people.
- present: The victim was stabbed in the chest and bear spray affected bystanders, which states harm.
- present: Stabbed in the chest and bear spray hitting bystanders state actual harm.
- absent: The chest stabbing and fight describe the assault itself, with no separate severity cue such as life-threatening or dangerous.
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Campus Alert Archive. "New York University: Aggravated assault in Washington Square Park." Incident of June 17, 2026. Added September 2026. https://campusalertarchive.com/case/nyu-washington-square-park-aggravated-assault-2026-06-17/
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