{
  "id": "2023-08-15-howard-university-crime-alert-robbery-crime-alert-robbery-2",
  "slug": "howard-university-crime-alert-robbery-crime-alert-robbery-2-2023-08-15",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Howard University",
    "shortName": "Howard",
    "state": "DC",
    "type": "hbcu",
    "alertSystemName": "HU DPS Crime Alert",
    "enrollment": 12000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2023-08-15",
    "type": "robbery",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "Robbery W Street black SUV group lookout",
    "headlinePublic": "Robbery W Street black SUV group lookout",
    "summary": "Howard University Department of Public Safety [published a Crime Alert](https://publicsafety.howard.edu/articles/crime-alert-robbery-2) for this incident. Full text recovered from the official DPS Crime Alerts archive.",
    "outcome": "See official HU DPS Crime Alert."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "2023-08-15",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is investigating a robbery reported at approximately 12:27 a.m. in the 1100 block of W St, NW.\n\nThe complainant was approached by 4 to 5 black males who occupied a black SUV in the 1100 block of W St NW.  The suspects were last seen heading northbound up 10th St. NW.\n\nNo injuries were reported at this time. The complainant is non-Howard-affiliated.\n\nIf you have information about this incident, please contact the HU Department of Public Safety (DPS) at 202-806-1100 or call 911 to reach MPD.\n\nThe Howard University Department of Public Safety notifies the University community when crimes are reported that present a continuing threat to students, faculty, or staff in a manner consistent with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act.\n\nGeneral Safety Tips:\n\n\t- Avoid isolated and dark areas.     \n\n\t- Carry your mobile phone and keep it accessible.  \n\n\t- Do not use doors marked as fire exits, prop, or obstruct them for unauthorized access.     \n\n\t- If you are approached, take note of the person’s appearance, clothing, and anything that will help to identify the subject.     \n\n\t- Immediately report any suspicious activity or suspicious individuals to the Howard University Police Department at 202-806-1100. Program this number into your mobile phone for quick access.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://publicsafety.howard.edu/articles/crime-alert-robbery-2",
      "sourceDescription": "Official Howard University DPS Crime Alert (Robbery)",
      "annotations": [
        "Verbatim from official HU DPS Crime Alerts web archive.",
        "Consolidated from 2023-08-15-howard-university-crime-alert-robbery-w-st-nw-black-suv.",
        "Fable 5 B7 (2026-08-31): all-caps DPS banner letterhead is chrome (live h1 \"Crime Alert - Robbery\"; body starts at MPD). Recaptured article paragraphs from publicsafety.howard.edu/articles/crime-alert-robbery-2. Dual HTML match. NBSP runs and curly apostrophe in person’s preserved. Probable rule-9 duplicate of 2023-08-15-howard-university-robbery (same sourceUrl, same incident) — reported, not merged this batch. crime-alert-armed-robbery-7 301s to crime-alert-robbery-2.",
        "2026-09-13 catch-up marathon P0: consolidated from 2023-08-15-howard-university-robbery (absorbed id); same 12:27 a.m. 1100 block of W St incident and same sourceUrl. Keeper is the 08-31 recapture. Absorbed text not adopted as a new sequence.",
        "2026-09-13 catch-up b4 supervisor R2: removed seq 2 (sourceUrl crime-alert-armed-robbery-7, sha 158025997af16fdf15fd4ce04dc7fd0e7246e7907d88268ca2e45fec41572992) as a whitespace-flattened copy of seq 1 minus the General Safety Tips block; that URL 301s to crime-alert-robbery-2; not a distinct message. Dropped the sources[] entry for armed-robbery-7."
      ],
      "characterCount": 1363,
      "confidence": "high"
    }
  ],
  "context": "Howard University (HBCU) DPS Crime Alerts archive mining (wider b69). [Robbery](https://publicsafety.howard.edu/articles/crime-alert-robbery-2) recovered from publicsafety.howard.edu.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Complete official HU DPS Crime Alert recovered.",
    "HBCU diversity contribution.",
    "Consolidated from 2023-08-15-howard-university-crime-alert-robbery-w-st-nw-black-suv."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Crime Alert - Robbery - Howard University DPS",
      "url": "https://publicsafety.howard.edu/articles/crime-alert-robbery-2",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-26"
    },
    {
      "title": "Crime Alerts - Howard University DPS",
      "url": "https://publicsafety.howard.edu/clery-act-compliance/crime-alerts",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-26"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "hbcu",
    "timely-warning",
    "district-of-columbia",
    "wider-reach"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-26",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-09-13",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}