{
  "id": "2024-12-09-university-of-minnesota-dinkytown-carjacking-knife",
  "slug": "university-of-minnesota-dinkytown-carjacking-knife-2024-12-09",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Minnesota",
    "shortName": "UMN",
    "state": "MN",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "SAFE-U"
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2024-12-09",
    "type": "robbery",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "headline": "Dinkytown carjacking at knifepoint near 4th St SE and 35W",
    "headlinePublic": "Dinkytown carjacking at knifepoint near 4th St SE and 35W",
    "summary": "UMN Public Safety posted [1 Safety Notification(s)](https://publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts) for this robbery incident on 2024-12-09.",
    "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": "December 9, 2024 at 4:11 AM (UMN publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts)",
      "channel": "multi-channel",
      "verbatimText": "Dinkytown Alert: Carjacking at knifepoint occurred at 4th St SE and 35W on 12/09/24 at 3:44 am. The suspects are 2 unknown race males in ski masks wearing dark clothing. If you see someone matching this description in the area above, contact 911. This occurred off campus and did not involve campus community members. Updates and safety tips at: http://z.umn.edu/alerts",
      "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": 369,
      "timestamp": "2024-12-09T04:11:00-06:00"
    }
  ],
  "context": "From the official [UMN Safety Notifications archive](https://publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts) on 2024-12-09: 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"
}