On the evening of July 8, 2024, Winona State University Security in Winona, Minnesota issued the first of several 'active shooter' alerts after receiving word from law enforcement of an armed suspect 'near campus.' The actual incident, a 5:20 PM CDT assault complaint at a business on Junction Street, involved a man who hit a female employee with what turned out to be a pen, not a gun. The 'campus' referenced was WSU's West Campus, a location WSU no longer occupies. The suspect, Stig Ure, 25, was arrested without incident. WSU Director of Security Chris Cichosz publicly apologized and the agencies launched a joint review of the emergency-alert system.
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Reconstructed from KARE 11, Winona Post, and KTTC reporting describing the first of 'several active shooter messages' issued by WSU Security on the evening of July 8, 2024This message is documented at this point in the sequence, but its exact wording is not preserved in the public record. The public edition displays only confirmed alert text.
Reconstructed from KTTC reporting quoting WSU Director of Security Chris Cichosz that 'the armed suspect was not an active shooter' and that 'campus' referred to a location formerly occupied by WSUEvery claim on this page is meant to be checkable. Open the links below (and the Verify this quote control under each confirmed alert) to read the original university, news, or archive page yourself. Hostnames are shown so you can see where you are going; archived copies survive when live pages move or disappear. See also our methodology.
Campus Alert Archive. "Winona State University: Active-shooter alerts issued for an assault that involved a pen, not a gun." Incident of July 8, 2024. Added May 2026; last updated July 2026. https://campusalertarchive.com/case/winona-state-university-false-active-shooter-alert-2024-07-08/
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