{
  "id": "2024-09-09-university-of-minnesota-robbery-university-church",
  "slug": "university-of-minnesota-robbery-university-church-2024-09-09",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Minnesota",
    "shortName": "UMN",
    "state": "MN",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "SAFE-U"
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2024-09-09",
    "type": "robbery",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "headline": "Robbery of person at 6:35 pm near University and Church St Se",
    "headlinePublic": "Robbery of person at 6:35 pm near University and Church St Se",
    "summary": "UMN Public Safety posted [2 Safety Notification(s)](https://publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts) on 2024-09-09. Verbatim from the official alerts archive.",
    "outcome": "Official SAFE-U/Dinkytown sequence of 2 message(s).",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    },
    "resolution": "under-investigation"
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "September 9, 2024 at 6:53 PM (UMN publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts)",
      "channel": "multi-channel",
      "verbatimText": "Dinkytown Alert:U of M Twin Cities: Robbery of person at 6:35 pm near University and Church St Se. Suspect jumped out of a vehicle, and grabbed a victim’s cell phone. Suspect is described as wearing black hooded sweatshirt, black mask, 5’06” tall. Suspect vehicle is a silver Hyundai Sonata with a MN Plate of LTM034. This occurred on campus and the victim is a community member. If you see this vehicle call 911. Updates and safety tips at : http://z.umn.edu/alerts SAFE-U EMERGENCY",
      "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": 483,
      "timestamp": "2024-09-09T18:53:00-05:00"
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "update",
      "timestampApprox": "September 9, 2024 at 7:10 PM (UMN publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts)",
      "channel": "multi-channel",
      "verbatimText": "U of M Twin Cities: Robbery of person at 6:35 pm near University and Church St Se. Suspect jumped out of a vehicle, and grabbed a victim’s cell phone. Suspect is described as wearing black hooded sweatshirt, black mask, 5’06” tall. Suspect vehicle is a silver Hyundai Sonata with a MN Plate of LTM - 034. This occurred on campus and the victim is a community member. If you see this vehicle call 911. 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": 453,
      "timestamp": "2024-09-09T19:10:00-05:00"
    }
  ],
  "context": "From the official [UMN Safety Notifications archive](https://publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts) on 2024-09-09: 2 transmitted notice(s).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Verbatim from publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts.",
    "2 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"
}