{
  "id": "2026-03-07-columbia-college-chicago-holden-court-shooting",
  "slug": "columbia-college-chicago-holden-court-shooting-2026-03-07",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Columbia College Chicago",
    "shortName": "Columbia Chicago",
    "state": "IL",
    "type": "private-bachelors",
    "alertSystemName": "Campus Safety Alert"
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-03-07",
    "type": "shooting",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "contained",
    "headline": "Handgun fired behind University Center on Holden Court",
    "headlinePublic": "Handgun fired behind University Center on Holden Court",
    "summary": "Campus Safety [issued a Crime Advisory after an offender produced a handgun and fired, striking another person, near 525 South Holden Court behind University Center](https://students.colum.edu/safety/pdf/alerts/46427901_march_7_2026.pdf).",
    "outcome": "Crime Advisory issued the same night referencing CPD JK-173232. Offender fled."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "2026-03-07",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "March 7, 2026\n\nColumbia College Chicago Community:\n\nCrime Advisory\n\nThe Chicago Police Department is investigating an incident that occurred on March 7, 2026, at approximately 8:55 p.m., near 525 South Holden Court in the rear of the University Center.\n\nSeveral persons were involved in an interaction at that location. During the incident, the offender produced a handgun and fired, striking another individual. The offender then fled the scene.\n\nAnyone with additional information should contact Campus Security at 312-369-3220 and the Chicago Police Department Detectives at 312-746-8263 referencing JK-173232.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://students.colum.edu/safety/pdf/alerts/46427901_march_7_2026.pdf",
      "sourceDescription": "Campus Safety Crime Advisory PDF",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent PDF fetch match 2026-08-23: 141757 bytes, sha256 b66d3893364fc8ff44d0a634d181eacc2a821c49f44fe3650a6437b53e0e9996.",
        "Advisory body transcribed from the PDF text layer. Standing safety-precaution chrome omitted.",
        "Detective line is 312-746-8263 (not 744). Distinct from 2026-03-10-columbia-college-chicago-subway-wabash-punch and 2026-03-04-columbia-college-chicago-wabash-sidewalk-punches."
      ],
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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).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Handgun fired behind University Center on Holden Court."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Campus Safety Crime Advisory PDF",
      "url": "https://students.colum.edu/safety/pdf/alerts/46427901_march_7_2026.pdf",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-23",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 523 at capture 2026-08-23; archive.org save endpoint returned HTTP 523"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "private-bachelors",
    "illinois",
    "shooting",
    "timely-warning"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-08-23",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-08-23",
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}