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  "id": "2025-03-18-columbia-college-chicago-van-buren-dearborn-stabbing",
  "slug": "columbia-college-chicago-van-buren-dearborn-stabbing-2025-03-18",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Columbia College Chicago",
    "shortName": "Columbia Chicago",
    "state": "IL",
    "type": "private-bachelors",
    "alertSystemName": "Campus Safety Alert"
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  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-03-18",
    "type": "stabbing",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "contained",
    "headline": "Stabbing at Van Buren and Dearborn after an altercation",
    "headlinePublic": "Stabbing at Van Buren and Dearborn after an altercation",
    "summary": "Campus Safety [issued a Crime Advisory after an altercation on the public way at Van Buren and Dearborn in which one person was stabbed](https://students.colum.edu/safety/pdf/46427901_march_18_2025.pdf).",
    "outcome": "Victim transported to the hospital. Crime Advisory referencing CPD JJ-186491."
  },
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      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "2025-03-18",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "March 18, 2025\n\nColumbia College Chicago Community:\n\nCrime Advisory\n\nThe Chicago Police Department is investigating an incident that occurred on March 18, at approximately 6:15 p.m., on the corner at Van Buren Street and Dearborn Street.\n\nTwo individuals had an altercation on the public way and one individual was stabbed. The offender fled the scene and the victim was transported to the hospital.\n\nAnyone with additional information should contact Campus Security at 312-369-3220 and the Chicago Police Department Detectives at 312-746-8261 reference JJ-186491.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://students.colum.edu/safety/pdf/46427901_march_18_2025.pdf",
      "sourceDescription": "Campus Safety Crime Advisory PDF",
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        "Distinct from 2026-01-19-columbia-college-chicago-eleventh-street-stabbing and from 2026-05-08 May shots-fired casings product (different year). Detective line 312-746-8261."
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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_march_18_2025.pdf",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-23",
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  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
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    "illinois",
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    "timely-warning"
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  "dateAdded": "2026-08-23",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-08-23",
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