ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR) — The man killed in a use-of-force incident in Crookston has been identified. 44-year-old Christopher Junkin died of multiple gunshot wounds on June 30. The Minnesota BCA has identified the law enforcement officers who used force during this incident. Crookston police officer Nick Fladland deployed his Taser and fired his handgun, Officer Corey Rich deployed his…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — A Minnesota BCA alert has been issued as Moorhead Police continue to search for 19-year-old Arthur Wiebe. He walked away from his family’s shop in the 4100 block of 34th Avenue South in Moorhead on Monday around 10 p.m. He has not been seen or heard from since. Police say he may have been attempting to…
CROOKSTON, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO/KROX) — A police officer in Crookston fatally shot a man during a confrontation at a homeless shelter. Officers were dispatched to Care and Share shelter around 11:45 last night on a report of a fight in progress. Police Chief Darin Selzer says one man was being combative toward officers and did not follow their verbal commands. Less…
UPDATE: The Moorhead Police Department is no longer seeking assist in locating Ericson. Ericson was located safe on 05/29/2024. Thank you for your assistance for sharing and looking for Ericson. MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — A 13-year-old boy in Moorhead has gone missing. Moorhead Police Department and Minnesota BCA issuing a missing person alert for Ericson Kpedeh. He was last…
Courtesy: KROXST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR) — The man accused of swinging a hatchet at police in Crookston last week has been identified. Police shot 35-year-old Andrew Dale who later died at a hospital. On May 16, they came across Dale just before 1 a.m. around 7th Street East. He rapidly approached officers and less lethal means were deployed and then…
UPDATE: (1:22PM MAY 21, 20224) Moorhead police Department has canceled the alert for Venita Abbott. Abbott has been located safe. MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Moorhead Police Department and Minnesota BCA have issued an endangered missing person alert for 35-year-old Venita Abbott. Police say she was last seen leaving the area of the 3000 block of 41st Avenue South Moorhead. They…
Courtesy: KROXCROOKSTON, MINN. (KFGO/KVRR) – Crookston Police officers fatally shot a man early Thursday morning after the man threatened them with a hatchet. Police found the man who was swinging a hatchet in the area of East 7th Street. As he approached them, officers used less-lethal weapons to try to stop him, however, he continued to advance police with the…
WRIGHT COUNTY, Minn. (KVRR/FOX 9) — An armed man was shot by a deputy outside the Montrose Dollar General, west of the Twin Cities. The Wright County Sheriff’s Office says deputies responded to the store to arrest the man on a warrant. Deputies attempted to arrest him, but say he resisted and showed his gun. The sheriff’s office says less…
MINNETONKA, Minn. (KVRR/FOX9/CNN: 8pm UPDATE) — Two Hennepin County sheriff’s deputies were shot while serving a warrant and a suspect was killed during an exchange of gunfire in the Minneapolis suburb of Minnetonka. The shootout happened just before 11:20 a.m. One deputy was taken to a hospital with injuries that were “very serious” but not life-threatening according to Sheriff Dawanna…
ALEXANDRIA, Minn. (KVRR) — An arrest is made in a stabbing death in Alexandria, Minnesota last November. Police arrested 78-year-old Angel Rua-Torres in Alexandria at the home where the crime took place. The Douglas County Attorney’s Office has charged Rua-Torres with the murder of 58-year-old Desiree Frederick, his niece. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Rua-Torres told police he…
