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Verified verbatimAugsburg University Department of Public Safety official timely warning page (augsburg.edu/dps), March 17, 2026; also mirrored on Augsburg A-mail (amail.augsburg.edu/2026/03/18/timely-warning-sexual-assault/)1408 chars
In compliance with the Timely Warning provision of the federal Jeanne Clery Campus Security Act, Augsburg University Department of Public Safety is issuing the following Timely Warning aimed at providing information to aid the Augsburg community in protecting themselves.
On March 17, 2026, at 4:04 a.m., the University's Title IX Coordinator received an email report of a student who stated they were sexually assaulted in Urness Hall. The report stated that the student invited the suspect (who is believed to be unaffiliated with the Augsburg community) to their Urness Hall residence at approximately 2:00 a.m. on March 17, and that the sexual assault occurred in the room shortly thereafter. The suspect then left the building alone shortly before 3:00 a.m.
The suspect was described (and confirmed by security footage) as a black male in their late teens or early twenties, 5' 7" or 5' 8", with curly black hair and facial hair, wearing a black jacket, black shirt, and black sweatpants.
Augsburg uses perceived race and gender descriptors that are provided about a suspect only when additional characteristics (beyond clothing) are also available. Such descriptors are used in an attempt to provide the campus community with important safety information.
Anyone who may have information regarding this incident is urged to contact the Minneapolis Police Department or Augsburg DPS at 612-330-1717.
Verbatim text confirmed from the official Augsburg DPS timely warning page and its A-mail mirror; the text matches across both official sources with identical wording including the equity-disclosure clause
The 4:04 AM timestamp is the time the Title IX Coordinator received the email report, which also served as the formal clock-start for the timely warning process -- an unusual detail that was disclosed in the official notice
Augsburg's explicit statement that it 'uses perceived race and gender descriptors only when additional characteristics are also available' is a notable equity-conscious disclaimer increasingly adopted by urban campus police departments
CCTV confirmation of the suspect description is significant -- many campus timely warnings rely solely on victim accounts; security footage corroboration improves description reliability
The suspect was believed to be a community non-affiliate who had been invited onto campus, raising access-control questions about visitor policy in residence halls
Minneapolis Police Department was engaged as the primary investigative agency because the suspect was non-affiliated with the university