Sexual assault in parking ramp on University of Minnesota campus prompts safety alert

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - The University of Minnesota’s Department of Public Safety issued a campus wide safety alert over the weekend following a sexual assault in a parking ramp. 

The sexual assault occurred at 8:23 p.m. Friday inside the 19th Avenue Parking Ramp on the university’s West Bank, according to the safety alert. 

The suspect is a male described as wearing a ball cap, black jacket with a gray hoodie underneath, dark sweatpants and white tennis shoes. 

Officials sent out the alert on Sunday night.