{
  "id": "2025-10-19-university-of-minnesota-dinkytown-robbery-5th-12th",
  "slug": "university-of-minnesota-dinkytown-robbery-5th-12th-2025-10-19",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Minnesota",
    "shortName": "UMN",
    "state": "MN",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "SAFE-U"
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-10-19",
    "type": "robbery",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "headline": "Dinkytown robbery of person at 5th St and 12 Ave SE",
    "headlinePublic": "Dinkytown robbery of person at 5th St and 12 Ave SE",
    "summary": "UMN Public Safety posted [1 Safety Notification(s)](https://publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts) for this robbery incident on 2025-10-19.",
    "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": "October 19, 2025 at 2:11 AM (UMN publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts)",
      "channel": "multi-channel",
      "verbatimText": "Dinkytown Alert: Robbery of person at 5th St and 12 Ave SE at approximately 1:44 am. The suspects are described as 2 males wearing black sweatshirts, one was wearing a ski mask. They were armed with a black handgun. If you spot individuals matching this description call 911. This incidents took place off campus. Stay informed with 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": 384,
      "timestamp": "2025-10-19T02:11:00-05:00"
    }
  ],
  "context": "From the official [UMN Safety Notifications archive](https://publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts) on 2025-10-19: 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"
}