{
  "id": "2025-09-23-university-of-minnesota-15th-4th-shots-fired",
  "slug": "university-of-minnesota-15th-4th-shots-fired-2025-09-23",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Minnesota",
    "shortName": "UMN",
    "state": "MN",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "SAFE-U"
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-09-23",
    "type": "shots-fired",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "headline": "Shots fired near 15th Ave and 4th St SE; one victim located",
    "headlinePublic": "Shots fired near 15th Ave and 4th St SE; one victim located",
    "summary": "University of Minnesota Department of Public Safety posted [3 Safety Notification(s)](https://publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts) dated 2025-09-23. Verbatim text recovered from the official SAFE-U / Dinkytown alerts archive.",
    "outcome": "Official SAFE-U/Dinkytown notification sequence of 3 message(s) recovered from the public alerts archive.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    },
    "resolution": "under-investigation"
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "September 23, 2025 at 1:49 AM (UMN publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts)",
      "channel": "multi-channel",
      "verbatimText": "U of M Twin Cities: Report of shots fired in the area of 15th Ave and 4th St Se. Officers on scene investigating. Avoid the area. If you have information about this call 911. Stay informed with updates and safety tips at https://z.umm.edu/alerts. SAFE-U EMERGENCY",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts",
      "sourceDescription": "UMN Department of Public Safety Safety Notifications (SAFE-U / Dinkytown)",
      "annotations": [
        "Exact text from official publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts archive page."
      ],
      "characterCount": 263,
      "timestamp": "2025-09-23T01:49:00-05:00"
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "update",
      "timestampApprox": "September 23, 2025 at 2:24 AM (UMN publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts)",
      "channel": "multi-channel",
      "verbatimText": "U of M Twin Cities: Update to the shots fired incident. One victim has been located. This incident was off-campus. No suspect information currently. MPD and UMPD Officers are in Dinkytown investigating, and have secured the area. If you have information about this incident call 911. Stay informed with updates and safety tips at https://z.umm.edu/alerts. SAFE-U EMERGENCY",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts",
      "sourceDescription": "UMN Department of Public Safety Safety Notifications (SAFE-U / Dinkytown)",
      "annotations": [
        "Exact text from official publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts archive page."
      ],
      "characterCount": 372,
      "timestamp": "2025-09-23T02:24:00-05:00"
    },
    {
      "sequence": 3,
      "type": "update",
      "timestampApprox": "September 23, 2025 at 2:29 AM (UMN publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts)",
      "channel": "multi-channel",
      "verbatimText": "U of M Twin Cities: Report of shots fired in the area of 15th Ave and 4th St Se. Officers on scene investigating. Avoid the area. If you have information about this call 911. Stay informed with updates and safety tips at https://z.umm.edu/alerts. Previous page ‹‹",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts",
      "sourceDescription": "UMN Department of Public Safety Safety Notifications (SAFE-U / Dinkytown)",
      "annotations": [
        "Exact text from official publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts archive page."
      ],
      "characterCount": 263,
      "timestamp": "2025-09-23T02:29:00-05:00"
    }
  ],
  "context": "UMN publishes SAFE-U advisories and Dinkytown community alerts on [publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts](https://publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts). On 2025-09-23, the archive records 3 notice(s) for this incident cluster. The page is the institution's standing public feed for emergency and advisory text.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Verbatim text from official UMN Public Safety Safety Notifications page.",
    "3 confirmed multi-channel advisory/alert message(s)."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "UMN Safety Notifications (Alerts)",
      "url": "https://publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts",
      "type": "official-archive"
    },
    {
      "title": "UMN Department of Public Safety",
      "url": "https://publicsafety.umn.edu/",
      "type": "official-archive"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "shots-fired",
    "safe-u",
    "minnesota",
    "umn-alerts",
    "15th"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-20",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-20",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}