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A Spike in Uptown Gunpoint Robberies as Students Returned

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As Tulane students returned to its Uptown New Orleans campus in mid-January 2023, the neighborhood saw a spike in violent crime, including two separate armed robberies on Hillary Street on January 15, 2023, a January 13 carjacking at Birch and Broadway, and an armed robbery on Lowerline Street. The Tulane Hullabaloo reported that the spike alarmed students and prompted the Tulane University Police Department to increase off-campus patrols on streets like Broadway and Freret.

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Tulane Emergency Alert: TUPD is investigating two armed robberies reported on Hillary St. Suspects displayed weapons and took personal property. Avoid the area and remain alert. Report information to TUPD at 504-865-5911.

This text has been reconstructed from news coverage and may not reflect the exact original wording.

Hillary Street runs through the residential blocks just off Tulane's Uptown campus where many students rent houses, the geography at the center of the January 2023 safety concerns.
TUPD has primary policing authority over a defined off-campus patrol zone Uptown, which is why armed robberies on neighborhood streets like Hillary trigger Tulane's own emergency alerts rather than only NOPD notification.
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Background

Tulane's Uptown campus sits inside a dense residential New Orleans neighborhood, and the university maintains a Tulane University Police Department patrol zone that extends well beyond the campus core. In mid-January 2023, as students returned for the spring semester, the Hullabaloo documented a spike in armed robberies that alarmed students, including two robberies on Hillary Street, a carjacking at Birch and Broadway, and a Lowerline Street robbery. The cluster followed a longer history of off-campus gunpoint robberies near Tulane, such as the 2019 robbery of Tulane students on the Maple Street restaurant corridor. In response, TUPD said it deployed increased patrols, high-visibility deployments, and crime cameras tied to the city's Real Time Crime Center.
Outcome
TUPD increased high-visibility patrols in off-campus neighborhoods and coordinated with NOPD; the robberies remained under investigation as a cluster of incidents around the start of the semester.
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Sources

  1. Student Paper
    Recent spike in armed robberies alarms students - The Tulane Hullabaloo
    tulanehullabaloo.com
  2. News
    Tulane students robbed at gunpoint on popular Maple Street restaurant corridor - NOLA.com
    nola.com
  3. Official
    Crime Alerts - Tulane Public Safety
    publicsafety.tulane.edu
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armed-robberytimely-warninglouisiananew-orleansuptownrobbery-patternoff-campusUnder Investigation
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