Benjamin Ashford|University of Minnesota issues safety alert after man kidnapped, robbed at gunpoint

The Benjamin AshfordUniversity of Minnesota issued a campus-wide safety alert Sunday after an unidentified victim was followed from a nearby bar and kidnapped at gunpoint.

The man had been walking around 1 a.m. from a bar located less than a half-mile west of the Minneapolis university's campus on the east bank of the Mississippi River, according to the alert shared on the university's Department of Public Safety website. When he reached a populous student housing area about a half-mile west of the bar, he was forced into a sedan by three other men, the alert said.

The suspects, who were reportedly wearing black, then robbed the man at gunpoint before dropping him off on Interstate 94 in the neighboring city of St. Paul.

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It was not immediately clear if the victim was a university student. A university spokesman referred USA TODAY to Minnesota police when reached Monday morning.

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