Crime

UPDATE: Vance Boelter arrested sources tell FOX 9

Courtesy FOX 9UPDATE (9:30 PM) Vance Boelter has been arrested alive, sources are confirming with FOX 9. Boelter is the suspect who assassinated Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, and injured Sen. John Hoffman and his wife. Rep. Hortman and her husband Mark were fatally shot in their Brooklyn Park home early Saturday morning. Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were…

Sen. Nicole Mitchell’s trial postponed due to lawmaker shootings

State Sen. Nicole Mitchell (D) Woodbury, Minn.BECKER COUNTY, Minn. (FOX 9) – The trial of Minnesota Sen. Nicole Mitchell has been postponed due to the shooting of two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses. Jury selection was scheduled to begin Monday in Sen. Mitchell’s trial, but it has been postponed due to the fatal shooting of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, and…

Minnesota Sen. Tina Smith contemplates increased security after shooting of Democratic lawmakers

Lawmakers on Sunday continued to reel from the shooting of two Democratic Minnesota state legislators in their homes that led to the death of one and her husband, contemplating a previously unthinkable world where democratically-elected representatives need full-time security details to protect them from the public. “I don’t want to think that I have to a personal security detail everywhere I go,…

Search for suspect in shooting of 2 Minnesota lawmakers leads to one of his vehicles in rural area

This image provided by the FBI on Saturday, June 14, 2025, shows part of a poster with photos of Vance L. Boelter. (FBI via AP)BELLE PLAINE, Minn. (AP) — Authorities searched a vehicle on a rural road outside Minneapolis on Sunday that they believe had been used by the man wanted in the shootings of two Democratic lawmakers, as a state…

Moorhead Man Arrested After SWAT Standoff

Authorities say 44-year-old Landar Moore was trying to avoid being arrested for a parole violation.

FARGO, N.D. – A Moorhead man is in custody after the Fargo Police Department says he attempted to evade arrest for an active warrant. The FPD says at 6:02 P.M. on Saturday, June 14, they responded to a report of a wanted person in 100 block of 12th St. S. 44-year-old Landar Moore of Moorhead had an active warrant out…

UPDATE: Two Minnesota Lawmakers Shot, One Killed in Early Morning Attacks

Authorities say the shooter may have been impersonating a police officer.

Rep. Hortman and Sen. Hoffman, respectively.MINNEAPOLIS, MN – According to multiple media outlets, two Minnesota lawmakers, Rep. Melissa Hortman and Sen. John Hoffman, were shot inside their homes in Champlin and Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, in coordinated early-morning attacks. Both are Democrats. Both lawmakers’ spouses were shot in the attacks as well. The Brooklyn Park Police Department sent out a shelter-in-place…

Polk County Sheriff’s Office conduct search for alleged burglar found naked in home

UPDATE: The suspect has been arrested and located.

SULLIVAN TOWNSHIP, Minn. — The Polk County Sheriff’s Office responded to reports of a burglary in the Sullivan Township near East Grand Forks. According to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, the report came in around 5 a.m. Friday, June 13, of an active burglary. The sheriff’s office says the homeowner found the suspect nude in their basement, who then fled…

Grand Forks County couple accused of child neglect after two young kids test positive for drugs

GRAND FORKS CO., N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Grand Forks County couple is charged with child neglect after their one-year-old tested positive for cocaine and marijuana. According to court records, Erik and Samantha Graham were visited by Grand Forks County Human Services in February. During the visit, officials became concerned with the well-being of the Grahams’ six kids, who were eventually…

St. Michael man sentenced to federal prison for fatal drunk driving crash in 2022

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A St. Michael, North Dakota man is sentenced to over five years in federal prison for involuntary manslaughter. 46-year-old Ryan Guy was sentenced by District Judge Peter Welte in Fargo. In February 2022, Guy was behind the wheel when he rolled his vehicle on Spirit Lake Reservation, killing a passenger. Guy’s blood alcohol content was 0.164,…

Former MN senator claims he’s being unfairly prosecuted in teen solicitation case

(FOX 9) – Attorneys for Justin Eichorn, the former Minnesota senator accused of trying to meet with a teen prostitute who turned out to be an undercover cop, argue in new court documents he’s being unfairly prosecuted because of his former status as a public official. The arguments are part of a motion to dismiss filed by the defense last week. Minnesota Senator Justin…