{
  "id": "2024-09-04-university-of-minnesota-walter-library-suspicious-package",
  "slug": "university-of-minnesota-walter-library-suspicious-package-2024-09-04",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Minnesota",
    "shortName": "UMN",
    "state": "MN",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "SAFE-U"
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2024-09-04",
    "type": "suspicious-package",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "headline": "Suspicious package evacuates Walter Library until reopened",
    "headlinePublic": "Suspicious package evacuates Walter Library until reopened",
    "summary": "University of Minnesota Department of Public Safety posted [3 Safety Notification(s)](https://publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts) dated 2024-09-04. Verbatim text recovered from the official SAFE-U / Dinkytown alerts archive.",
    "outcome": "Official SAFE-U/Dinkytown notification sequence of 3 message(s) recovered from the public alerts archive.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    },
    "resolution": "under-investigation"
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "September 4, 2024 at 4:21 PM (UMN publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts)",
      "channel": "multi-channel",
      "verbatimText": "U of M Twin Cities: Suspicious package at Walter Library, 117 Pleasant St St. Police have evacuated the building. Students and staff should move to locations designated by police once outside of Walter. If you are in a neighboring building, remain there. Updates and safety-tips: 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": 320,
      "timestamp": "2024-09-04T16:21:00-05:00"
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "update",
      "timestampApprox": "September 4, 2024 at 4:42 PM (UMN publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts)",
      "channel": "multi-channel",
      "verbatimText": "U of M Twin Cities: Walter Library, 117 Pleasant St has been evacuated. Continue to avoid the area. Police are mitigating the situation. If you are in a neighboring building, remain there. Updates and safety tip: 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": 253,
      "timestamp": "2024-09-04T16:42:00-05:00"
    },
    {
      "sequence": 3,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestampApprox": "September 4, 2024 at 4:59 PM (UMN publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts)",
      "channel": "multi-channel",
      "verbatimText": "U of M Twin Cities: Police have reopened Walter Library and the surrounding area. A suspicious device was located and was determined not to be a threat. All clear. Updates and safety tip: 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": 228,
      "timestamp": "2024-09-04T16:59:00-05:00"
    }
  ],
  "context": "UMN publishes SAFE-U advisories and Dinkytown community alerts on [publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts](https://publicsafety.umn.edu/alerts). On 2024-09-04, the archive records 3 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.",
    "3 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": [
    "suspicious-package",
    "safe-u",
    "minnesota",
    "umn-alerts",
    "walter"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-20",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-20",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}