{
  "id": "2024-09-02-university-of-minnesota-saint-paul-gun-pointing",
  "slug": "university-of-minnesota-saint-paul-gun-pointing-2024-09-02",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Minnesota",
    "shortName": "UMN",
    "state": "MN",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "SAFE-U"
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2024-09-02",
    "type": "aggravated-assault",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "headline": "Gun pointing occurred near Folwell and Gortner Ave on the Saint Paul campus at",
    "headlinePublic": "Gun pointing occurred near Folwell and Gortner Ave on the Saint Paul campus at",
    "summary": "UMN Public Safety posted [1 Safety Notification(s)](https://publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts) on 2024-09-02. Verbatim from the official alerts archive.",
    "outcome": "Official SAFE-U/Dinkytown sequence of 1 message(s).",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    },
    "resolution": "under-investigation"
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "September 2, 2024 at 11:39 PM (UMN publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts)",
      "channel": "multi-channel",
      "verbatimText": "U of M Twin Cities: Gun pointing occurred near Folwell and Gortner Ave on the Saint Paul campus at approximately 10:45 pm. Suspect vehicle is a dark colored Hyundai sedan. There were four occupants in this vehicle, the driver pointed the gun. Vehicle was last seen northbound on Gortner and eastbound on Larpenteur. Contact 911 if you encounter this vehicle. This occurred on campus, but no U of M community members were involved. Updates and safety-tips: http://z.umn.edu/alerts SAFE-U EMERGENCY Severe Weather",
      "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": 511,
      "timestamp": "2024-09-02T23:39:00-05:00"
    }
  ],
  "context": "From the official [UMN Safety Notifications archive](https://publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts) on 2024-09-02: 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": [
    "aggravated-assault",
    "safe-u",
    "minnesota",
    "umn-alerts"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-20",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-20",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}