{
  "id": "2024-07-15-university-of-minnesota-carjacking-cedar-riverside",
  "slug": "university-of-minnesota-carjacking-cedar-riverside-2024-07-15",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Minnesota",
    "shortName": "UMN",
    "state": "MN",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "SAFE-U"
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2024-07-15",
    "type": "robbery",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "headline": "Carjacking at gunpoint near Cedar",
    "headlinePublic": "Carjacking at gunpoint near Cedar",
    "summary": "UMN Public Safety posted [1 Safety Notification(s)](https://publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts) for this robbery incident on 2024-07-15.",
    "outcome": "Official SAFE-U/Dinkytown sequence of 1 message(s) from the public alerts archive.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    },
    "resolution": "under-investigation"
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "July 15, 2024 at 10:37 AM (UMN publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts)",
      "channel": "multi-channel",
      "verbatimText": "U of M Twin Cities: A carjacking at gunpoint, occurred at approximately 9:55 am near Cedar Ave S & Riverside. Suspect is described as a male, 20-23 years old, wearing a red and black jacket. Vehicle stolen was a black 2008 Mercedes SUV, last seen southbound on Cedar Ave S. Contact 911 if you see a vehicle matching this description. This will be an MPD case. Updates and safety-tips: http://z.umn.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": 425,
      "timestamp": "2024-07-15T10:37:00-05:00"
    }
  ],
  "context": "From the official [UMN Safety Notifications archive](https://publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts) on 2024-07-15: 1 transmitted notice(s).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Verbatim from publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts.",
    "1 confirmed 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": [
    "robbery",
    "safe-u",
    "minnesota",
    "umn-alerts"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-20",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-20",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}