{
  "id": "2026-07-12-university-of-minnesota-dinkytown-stabbing-apartments",
  "slug": "university-of-minnesota-dinkytown-stabbing-apartments-2026-07-12",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Minnesota",
    "shortName": "UMN",
    "state": "MN",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "SAFE-U"
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-07-12",
    "type": "assault",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "headline": "Stabbing at Dinkytown apartments with knife-wielding suspect description",
    "headlinePublic": "Stabbing at Dinkytown apartments with knife-wielding suspect description",
    "summary": "University of Minnesota Department of Public Safety posted [1 Safety Notification(s)](https://publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts) dated 2026-07-12. Verbatim text recovered from the official SAFE-U / Dinkytown alerts archive.",
    "outcome": "Official SAFE-U/Dinkytown notification sequence of 1 message(s) recovered from the public alerts archive.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    },
    "resolution": "under-investigation"
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "July 12, 2026 at 10:12 AM (UMN publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts)",
      "channel": "multi-channel",
      "verbatimText": "Dinkytown Alert: A stabbing occurred in the last 20 minutes at 405 15th Avenue Southeast (Dinkytown Apartments). Police are on scene. The suspect is described as a 40 year old male, 6 feet tall, wearing a gray sweatshirt and black pants carrying a two inch knife in his hand. Use caution in this area and call 911 if you have any information about this crime. Updates at: 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": 388,
      "timestamp": "2026-07-12T10:12:00-05:00"
    }
  ],
  "context": "UMN publishes SAFE-U advisories and Dinkytown community alerts on [publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts](https://publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts). On 2026-07-12, the archive records 1 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.",
    "1 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": [
    "assault",
    "safe-u",
    "minnesota",
    "umn-alerts",
    "dinkytown"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-20",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-20",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}