{
  "id": "2020-02-20-university-of-missouri-stolen-ambulance",
  "slug": "university-of-missouri-stolen-ambulance-2020-02-20",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Missouri",
    "shortName": "Mizzou",
    "state": "MO",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "MU Alert",
    "enrollment": 30000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2020-02-20",
    "type": "theft",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "The Columbia Police Department's K9 unit assisted in the search",
    "headlinePublic": "The Columbia Police Department's K9 unit assisted in the search",
    "summary": "University of Missouri [published an official alert](https://mualert.missouri.edu/updates/2020/02-20-stolen-ambulance) on or about 2020-02-20. Full text is preserved from the official archive.",
    "outcome": "See official notice for status.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "channel": "multi-channel",
      "timestampApprox": "Published on or about 2020-02-20",
      "verbatimText": "Feb. 20, 2020\n\n5:10 p.m.\n\nSean M. Smith, the subject wanted in a stolen ambulance, is in custody. He was taken into custody at the Midway Travel Plaza off Interstate 70 and Highway 40. MU officials have cleared the MU Alert.\n\nAround 4 p.m., the University of Missouri Police Department received a report that a white man in his 40s had stolen an ambulance and abandoned it near Ashland Road. The man was later identified as Sean M. Smith, and a picture was released of the subject.\n\nThe Columbia Police Department's K9 unit assisted in the search.\n\n5:03 p.m.\n\nSean M. Smith, the subject wanted in connection with a stolen ambulance, is in custody at Midway Travel Plaza located at Interstate 70 and Highway 40. ALL CLEAR.\n\n4:44 p.m.\n\nPolice continue to look for Sean M. Smith, 40, wanted in connection with a stolen ambulance. He is last known to be on foot. The Columbia Police Department's K9 unit is assisting in the search.\n\n4:16 p.m.\n\nThe suspect was identified as Sean M. Smith, 40 years old.\n\nSean Smith\n\n4:04 p.m.\n\nThe ambulance was located in the Ashland Road area. It was abandoned. Police believe the suspect is on foot. He may have a band-aid on his left ear. Description of suspect remains the same: a white male in his 40s, is wearing blue jeans, a black jacket, and gray shoes.\n\n4:00 p.m.\n\nMU Police received a report of a stolen ambulance. The suspect, a white male in his 40s, is wearing blue jeans, a black jacket, and gray shoes. He was last seen in the Ashland Road area.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://mualert.missouri.edu/updates/2020/02-20-stolen-ambulance",
      "sourceDescription": "MU Alert",
      "annotations": [
        "Transcribed from official institutional alert archive page.",
        "Confirmed-verbatim recovery from live institutional source."
      ],
      "characterCount": 1491,
      "confidence": "high"
    }
  ],
  "context": "Official MU Alert archive entry.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official archive page preserves complete alert text."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "type": "official-archive",
      "title": "Stolen Ambulance",
      "url": "https://mualert.missouri.edu/updates/2020/02-20-stolen-ambulance",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-25"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "missouri",
    "mizzou",
    "mu-alert",
    "theft"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-25",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-25",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}