Tracking stories Arizona State University would rather you scrolled past. Every item links to its original reporting.
ASU's Tempe campus has no wall. It sits inside the city, so students live, walk and party on streets patrolled by Tempe Police, not ASU Police. Campus crime reports stop at the property line; the danger doesn't.
Clery incidents across ASU in 2024 (19 per 1,000 students), per College Factual
of those on public streets and sidewalks bordering campus
rape, fondling and statutory rape reports on the Tempe campus 2018–2021, the most of any ASU campus
of female ASU students reported attempted or completed sexual violence in one year (2019 survey)
Sources: College Factual · AZ Big Media
Police say Christopher Sutherland, 33, of Mesa, was caught holding a phone over a stall wall in a men's restroom and told officers he had come to campus about once a month for five years to record men in bathrooms at the business college and Noble Library. He faces felony burglary, voyeurism and unlawful recording charges; bond was set at $50,000. ASU Police said he has no ties to the university.
At 2:19 a.m., shots were fired on South Mill Avenue near Fourth Street. Jacob Jaime Jr., 22, died; a second man had minor injuries. Aidan Zepeda, 23, was arrested the next day on charges including first-degree murder. Police said no one involved was an ASU student.
Source: The State Press
Shortly after 4 a.m. near Dorsey Lane and Apache Boulevard, police say Adrian Alfredo Ruiz, 33, entered an apartment through a broken window and exchanged gunfire with a resident. Ruiz died; two other men were wounded. Police said no suspects were outstanding.
Around 9:30 p.m., an argument between two women on a Valley Metro light rail train near Apache Boulevard ended with one pulling a knife and stabbing the other several times. The victim was hospitalized in stable condition. Tempe Police arrested Allante Wallace, 34, the next day on an aggravated assault charge; bond was set at $350,000.
Source: AZFamily: arrest · KTAR · AZFamily: first report
A fight that began inside Hassayampa Academic Village ended with an 18-year-old held down, punched and kicked, leaving him with a broken nose, cuts and head injuries. ASU Police arrested three adults and a juvenile; police said none were ASU students. Three were later sentenced to probation.
Source: FOX 10 · 12News: arrests · 12News: sentencing
An 18-year-old motorcyclist was killed when a car struck him and drove off. Police charged a 19-year-old ASU student who turned herself in hours later and say she had been at Tempe Tavern before the crash. A November raid there found 249 people under 21.
Source: AZFamily
Around 2 a.m. near Loop 202 and Scottsdale Road, a 17-year-old was found fatally shot. Tempe Police arrested three men aged 18 and 19; two face first-degree murder charges.
Police say a man attacked three women at public spots across the Tempe campus within half an hour on the same afternoon. A suspect was arrested.
Source: WSAW / Gray TV
Just after midnight, a 33-year-old homeless man was stabbed repeatedly in the plaza across from campus at College Avenue and 7th Street. He was expected to recover; ASU Police arrested a suspect and said no one involved was ASU-affiliated.
Source: FOX 10
Around 3 a.m., a student walking near McAllister and Lemon was attacked from behind and hit with a blunt object. The student was hospitalized and expected to survive; no suspect was identified.
Source: FOX 10
Around 1:30 a.m., police responding to reports of a person with a gun near Barrett Honors College and the Hassayampa freshman dorms say a 17-year-old fired several rounds toward a student and an ASU Police officer. No one was hurt; he was caught as he ran and a gun was recovered. Students were told to shelter in place.
Source: AZFamily
Agamyrat Agambayev, finishing a second Ph.D. at ASU with a job lined up at Intel, was shot at Kyrene and Guadalupe roads. Police arrested a suspect who allegedly also fired at an officer; he faces murder charges.
Source: AZFamily · AZFamily: scene
At 5 a.m., a college student was grabbed from behind, threatened with a metal object and sexually assaulted near ASU's Packard parking structure. DNA identified the attacker, who was convicted in 2024 of five counts of sexual assault and kidnapping. In the days after, ASU's alert pointed students to safety courses, blue-light phones and escorts; 12News noted ASU's own data showed 14 of 17 rapes reported in 2020 happened in student housing.
Source: FOX 10 · 12News: rethinking safety
Around 2:30 a.m., a pickup hit two people in the crosswalk at University Drive and College Avenue. Kelly Maeve Scott, 42, died; Steven McDonald was seriously hurt. Police arrested the driver, saying impairment was a factor.
Source: KTAR
ASU Police said a student reported that a man she met on social media gained her trust and sexually assaulted her in her room in a Tempe campus residence hall. Police described a 19-year-old suspect; no arrest was reported.
Source: ABC15
Around 7:20 p.m., a woman walking near the PE West building on the Tempe campus was approached by a stranger, forced into a nearby restroom and sexually assaulted. Officers could not find the suspect, and no arrest was reported.
At midday, officers tracking a Colorado fugitive fired a beanbag round and a handgun at University Drive and Farmer Avenue, next to campus. The suspect had minor injuries.
Source: ABC15
Political science junior Zachary Marco, 21, was walking home from campus around 9:30 p.m. when two men demanded his laptop and phone, then shot him in the 1100 block of East University Drive. A month later Tempe Police arrested Louis Harper, 20, and a 17-year-old on first-degree murder and armed robbery charges; police said texts showed the robbery was planned the day before.
Source: Phoenix New Times · The State Press · State Press: arrests