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U Of M Issues Alert For Single Block Of University Avenue After Crime-Filled Week

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- University of Minnesota officials are giving a warning Sunday about a stretch of University Avenue in Minneapolis.

Officers have responded to several incidents in just a little more than a week on the 1700 block of University Avenue Southeast, on the university's East Bank campus.

University Avenue Crime -- University of Minnesota
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According to the university's "SAFE U" emergency alert system, officers have been dealing with everything from house parties, to gunfire, to assaults.

Police are asking people to be careful in that area.

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