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  "id": "2025-05-07-columbia-college-chicago-dearborn-van-buren-shell-casings",
  "slug": "columbia-college-chicago-dearborn-van-buren-shell-casings-2025-05-07",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Columbia College Chicago",
    "shortName": "Columbia Chicago",
    "state": "IL",
    "type": "private-bachelors",
    "alertSystemName": "Campus Safety Alert"
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-05-07",
    "type": "shots-fired",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "contained",
    "headline": "Shell casings after shots fired at Dearborn and Van Buren",
    "headlinePublic": "Shell casings after shots fired at Dearborn and Van Buren",
    "summary": "Campus Safety [issued a May 8 Crime Advisory after officers found shell casings on the sidewalk at Dearborn and Van Buren following shots-fired calls](https://students.colum.edu/safety/pdf/46427901_may_8_2025.pdf).",
    "outcome": "No victim or offender located. Crime Advisory referencing CPD JJ-246553.",
    "endDate": "2025-05-08"
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "2025-05-08",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "May 8, 2025\n\nColumbia College Chicago Community:\n\nCrime Advisory\n\nThe Chicago Police Department is investigating an incident that occurred near Dearborn Street and Van Buren Street on May 7, at approximately 11:00 p.m. Police officers located shell casings on the sidewalk at that location after responding to calls of shots fired. No victim or offender were located.\n\nAnyone with additional information should contact Campus Security at 312-369-3220 and the Chicago Police Department Detectives at 312-746-8263 reference JJ-246553.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://students.colum.edu/safety/pdf/46427901_may_8_2025.pdf",
      "sourceDescription": "Campus Safety Crime Advisory PDF",
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        "Advisory body transcribed from the PDF text layer. Standing safety-precaution chrome omitted.",
        "Incident May 7; notice May 8. No victim or offender were located (wording preserved). Distinct from 2025-03-18-columbia-college-chicago-van-buren-dearborn-stabbing (same intersection, different type and date) and from 2025-09-05-columbia-college-chicago-michigan-avenue-weapon-fired."
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  "context": "Columbia College Chicago posts Clery Crime Advisories as PDFs at [students.colum.edu/safety/campus-safety-alerts](https://students.colum.edu/safety/campus-safety-alerts).",
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      "title": "Campus Safety Crime Advisory PDF",
      "url": "https://students.colum.edu/safety/pdf/46427901_may_8_2025.pdf",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-23",
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  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "private-bachelors",
    "illinois",
    "shots-fired",
    "timely-warning"
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  "dateAdded": "2026-08-23",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-08-23",
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