{
  "id": "2026-03-31-university-of-minnesota-harvard-beacon-bb-gun-assault",
  "slug": "university-of-minnesota-harvard-beacon-bb-gun-assault-2026-03-31",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Minnesota",
    "shortName": "UMN",
    "state": "MN",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "SAFE-U"
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-03-31",
    "type": "aggravated-assault",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "headline": "On-campus aggravated assault with projectiles from moving vehicle",
    "headlinePublic": "On-campus aggravated assault with projectiles from moving vehicle",
    "summary": "University of Minnesota Department of Public Safety posted [1 Safety Notification(s)](https://publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts) dated 2026-03-31. 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": 1
    },
    "resolution": "under-investigation"
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "March 31, 2026 at 10:35 PM (UMN publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts)",
      "channel": "multi-channel",
      "verbatimText": "U of M Twin Cities: Aggravated Assault at 2145 hrs on 03/31/2026 at Harvard & Beacon St SE. Campus community member was involved and the incident was on campus. Suspect fired projectiles at the victim from a moving vehicle, possibly using a BB gun. Victim was struck and sustained minor injuries. Veh description described as a red Chevrolet Malibu. Please call 911 with any information Updates and safety tips 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": 430,
      "timestamp": "2026-03-31T22:35:00-05:00"
    }
  ],
  "context": "UMN publishes SAFE-U advisories and Dinkytown community alerts on [publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts](https://publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts). On 2026-03-31, 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": [
    "aggravated-assault",
    "safe-u",
    "minnesota",
    "umn-alerts",
    "harvard"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-20",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-20",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}