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Minneapolis Police Seize Over 20 Firearms, Arrest Two in Separate Incidents Amid Crackdown on Illegal Guns
Minneapolis police have been busy these past two weeks, cleaning up the streets by confiscating over 20 firearms. Among the confiscated items were two guns seized in separate incidents that showed timely intervention by law enforcement to mitigate potential harm to the local community. In one instance, officers from the...
Victim shot several times inside Minneapolis bus shelter
MINNEAPOLIS — Police are searching for the shooter who targeted a victim early Thursday morning inside a Minneapolis bus shelter.Metro Transit police say officers were called to the intersection of East Franklin and Chicago avenues at about 1:40 a.m., where they found the victim suffering from several gunshot wounds.The victim is being treated at Hennepin Healthcare and is expected to survive.The shooter fled before officers arrived. Police are still investigating.
Despite fire, hundreds of 911 calls, Minneapolis problem property still stands
MINNEAPOLIS — When the Dundry House Apartments caught fire in early April, it seemed the building would be on the fast track to demolition.After all, the building had been vacant for months, leading to squatters, an abundance of 911 calls, and nearly a dozen overdoses on the property. When the building caught fire, an estimated 20 people were inside. When the fire was put out, the roof had collapsed.Nearly a month later, however, the building stands. People routinely break into the boarded windows. More 911 calls routinely come in. This, all as its owner desperately tries to get it torn down.Help...
Driver in north Minneapolis crash that injured 5 smelled of alcohol, search warrant says
MINNEAPOLIS — A search warrant filed in Hennepin County reveals the driver in a north Minneapolis crash that injured five Sunday may have been impaired.Five women were hospitalized after the crash that happened just before 8:30 a.m. near the exit ramp from eastbound Interstate 94 to Dowling Avenue, according to the Minneapolis Police Department. Three women were ejected from the vehicle, one was partially ejected and another was trapped inside.According to the search warrant, notes in the 911 call indicated the caller was asking to get liquor bottles out of the vehicle following the crash.One responding officer says while speaking with the 26-year-old driver, they smelled the "odor of an alcoholic beverage emanating from her person." She also allegedly told the officer she had been drinking, but not that much.In the search warrant, the officer says they were unable to perform a field sobriety test on the driver as she was receiving treatment.The search warrant requested a blood sample from the driver.The other passengers injured in the crash are 24, 25 and 28 years old. Police incorrectly said on Monday that the 25-year-old passenger had died at North Memorial Health Hospital.
Onamia teen charged in ‘Nudieland’ shooting
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty announced April 24 that her office has charged two teenagers with murder in the August 2023 mass shooting at a Minneapolis backyard concert venue known as Nudieland that was attended by many members of the LGBTQIA+ community. The charged individuals were both 17 years old at the time of the shooting, in which one person was killed and at least seven others were injured by gunfire. The Hennepin County Attorney’s office released details and comments on the arrests in a...
Minneapolis Lake Street shooting: 2 men charged with murder
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Two men are charged with second-degree murder for a shooting that left a man dead and a woman injured on Lake Street in Minneapolis back in December. One of the suspects, Charles Danny Dobbins, 19, of Eagan, has ties to Arkansas and had an active warrant for his arrest since Aug. 10, 2023. Other open cases include possessing a fully automatic handgun and fleeing police.
Child's assault at Sunrise Autism Center in Burnsville captured on video; employee charged
BURNSVILLE, Minn. — Shocking video from inside an autism center in Burnsville shows the repeated assault of a 3-year-old.Twenty-five-year-old Arianna Williams is charged with malicious punishment of a child.The surveillance video recorded inside Sunrise Autism Center shows the young boy playing in the corner before Williams grabs his hand and slams him to the ground. He gets back on his feet and again, she throws him on the ground.It didn't end there. Moments later, Williams lifts the child up before violently throwing him to the ground for the third time.Farhiya, a Somali-American mom was scared to show her face and...
High-speed police chase ends in Monticello
MONTICELLO — A fugitive fleeing from Red Wing police led authorities on a high-speed chase across the region last week, ending with his capture and arrest in Monticello. The incident began the morning of Wednesday, April 24, when the 46-year-old, who was wanted on outstanding warrants, fled from members of the Red Wing Police Department. Driving a white Kia Soul, the suspect, Terry Lavar McWilliams of Red Wing, was spotted...
Minneapolis Rollover Accident Leaves Five Women Injured, Possible Intoxication Under Investigation
In an abrupt turn from reporting earlier this week, authorities confirm that no fatalities resulted from a harrowing rollover crash that left five women injured on Sunday morning in Minneapolis. Misinformation initially spread about a death in the crash has been corrected, as reported by the Minneapolis Police Department. The...
U of M's Jewish students decry use of "Thawabet" in campus agreement with pro-Palestinian protesters
MINNEAPOLIS — A pro-Palestinian encampment cleared on Thursday morning after organizers reached an agreement with the administration, but Jewish students say they still have many concerns.Joined by community leaders, Jewish students spoke at a press conference about the past week, and their meeting with university administrators on Thursday morning."I appreciate that the disruption is gone. I do not appreciate that they are getting rewards for it," said Alex Stewart, Hillel student president. "We were hopeful that they would use that free speech to put out a statement condemning the language that's being used on campus."In addition to condemning antisemitic language...
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