Police Investigating University of Minnesota Parking Ramp Robbery

MINNEAPOLIS, MN — Law enforcement is searching for two suspects involved in a Monday robbery at the University of Minnesota Medical Center. University police issued an alert in regards to the burglary, and also seeks the public’s help in identifying the suspects.

According to the report, the robbery occurred in the East Bank Campus Patient and Visitor Parking Ramp, located at 605 Delaware St. S.E. The victim, who was visiting the medical center, was approached by two suspects in the southwest stairwell of the ramp. The suspects forcibly grabbed the victim's backpack causing the victim to fall in the stairwell. After taking the victim's backpack, the suspects ran into the hospital parking ramp. The victim suffered minor injuries.

The first suspect is described by police as a dark-skinned black male in his early 20s, approximately five feet seven inches tall with a bald head. He was wearing a black shirt, black shorts and sandals. The second suspect is described as a dark-skinned black male in his early 20s, approximately six feet to six feet one inch tall. He was wearing blue jogging pants and had on black shoes.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the University of Minnesota Police Department at 612-624-2677 and reference case number UM-2019-182897.