WALKER, Minn. (KVRR) — A man fleeing officers in Turtle Lake Township in rural Walker is dead and a deputy has a gunshot wound and is being treated in a hospital in Fargo. Cass County Sheriff’s Office says they got a 911 call around 4:30 p.m. after the caller heard shots fired near Old Agency Drive and Onigum Road. Deputies…
ST. PAUL (KVRR) — Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension now says DWI breath tests administered with equipment that had data errors were accurate. Nearly 450 cases across the state were put into question after the BCA discovered errors in September while installing gas cylinders in DataMaster instruments. BCA lab forensic scientists have now mathematically verified that all identified DWI evidentiary…
MOORHEAD, MN (KVRR) – Two people are dead after an overnight shooting in Moorhead. The Moorhead Police Department says that just before 4 in the morning on August 16, they responded to reports of a shooting at an apartment building in the 1100 block of 2 Avenue South. Officers arrived and located two adult victims, a 53- and 21-year-old, both…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says it is investigating a “use-of-force incident” involving multiple law enforcement agencies in Moorhead. Moorhead police officers responded to an apartment complex in the 2400 block of 3rd Avenue N. around 8:50 p.m. Monday for a report of a disturbance. The Red River Valley SWAT team responded as the situation…
WALKER, MN (KVRR) – Law enforcement says that a police officer in Walker, Minnesota was forced to shoot a suspect in the arm after her charged at the officer while wielding a knife. Police in Walker received several calls around 6:30 P.M. on August 8 describing a man wearing only boxer shorts and behaving strangely. The calls alleged that he…
PAYNESVILLE, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) – An 80-year-old man who died during a police response in Paynesville Monday night took his own life. Larry Alstead, a former longtime Minnesota state trooper, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He also had multiple gunshot injuries. The Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says a sergeant with the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office fired his weapon during the…
ST. PAUL (KVRR) — Multiple swatting incidents are being reported across Minnesota. They include emailed bombing and shooting threats. Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says at least 25 schools and nine Jewish facilities reported receiving these messages. Local law enforcement responded and they say no incidents have turned out to be real. They say the language in each threat is…
MINNEAPOLIS – An officer in Olivia, Minnesota shot and killed a person the police department said was armed during an “altercation” in an alley early Sunday morning. According to the department, the “armed individual” confronted the officer. The person was taken to a nearby hospital but died there. The department did not identify the officer or the person who was…
BURNSVILLE, Minn. — (FOX 9) Investigators say a carjacking suspect, who fired shots at officers, was shot and killed by police on Sunday during an incident on Highway 13. According to police, the man in his 20s, who has not yet been identified, was reportedly driving a vehicle with stolen plates when he was involved in a crash. Shortly after,…
MOORHEAD, MINN. (KFGO) – Moorhead Police and the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension are investigating a fatal shooting incident. Officers responded to a reported gunshot injury in the 400 block of Sunrise Circle at about 7:45 p.m. Sunday and found the victim dead. Police say there is no threat to the public. No suspects are being sought and no one…
