WASECA, MINN. – A police officer and a suspect have been shot and wounded in southern Minnesota. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says the officer was taken by air to a Twin Cities hospital following the shooting Monday night in Waseca. The suspect was transported by ambulance to the same hospital. There’s no immediate word on their conditions. The…
MINNEAPOLIS–Prosecutors have thrown out rape charges filed against a convicted sex offender accused of attacking an employee at a Twin Cites amusement park in 2018 after his attorney discovered investigators mixed up the DNA tests. 27-year-old Austin Jeffrey Jones was scheduled to stand trial next week on two charges related to the alleged assault at Valleyfair in Shakopee. A defense…
COTTAGE GROVE, Minn.–Authorities say a gunman who carjacked several vehicles, sexually assaulted a woman and briefly held a family of four hostage in their suburban St. Paul home died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, not by police gunfire. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said Tuesday night that a medical examiner determined 34-year-old Noah Ante Erickson killed himself during an…
LITTLE FALLS, Minn.–State investigators say a driver who fired at pursuing law enforcement officers in central Minnesota and who shot himself after crashing his vehicle last week has died of his injuries. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says Todd County sheriff’s deputies attempted to conduct a traffic stop Oct. 15 near Browerville. A pursuit with speeds exceeding 100 mph…
UPDATE Oct. 21, 2019: The man injured during an incident in Morrison County last week has died. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner said 36-year old Joshua Ostrowski last known Minnesota address in Browerville, died of a single gunshot wound to the head. LITTLE FALLS, Minn.–State investigators say a driver who fired at pursuing law enforcement officers in central Minnesota shot…
NEW BRIGHTON, Minn.–The Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s Office has ruled the deaths of two people in New Brighton a murder-suicide. Police were called to an apartment complex Saturday after receiving a report of a man with a gun and the sound of gunfire. Officers found the body of 34-year-old Mainhia Yang in an apartment with a gunshot to the head….
COON RAPIDS, Minn. – Anoka County sheriff’s officials say a man has been fatally shot by law enforcement following a traffic stop in Coon Rapids. Authorities say a Coon Rapids officer was conducting the stop about 1:30 a.m. Thursday, when a male suspect fled on foot and fired shots at the officer. Multiple agencies responded, including sheriff’s deputies, and found…
UNDERWOOD, MN — The Otter Tail County Sheriff is investigating the death of a one month old baby in Underwood, Minnesota. At this time they believe the death is accidental, however the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension has joined the investigation. At 5:07 a.m. on Saturday, December 1, the Otter Tail County Sheriff’s office received a 911 call reporting a…
UPDATE: The victim and officers involved in a deadly shooting in Bemidji on November 19th have been identified. The Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the victim as 34-year-old Vernon May of Red Lake. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension identified the officers who fired their weapons as Officer Bidal Duran, a six-year veteran of the Bemidji Police Department…
Brian NelsonHIBBING, Minn. — A $25,000 reward is being offered for information in the death of a northern Minnesota man. It was last July in Hibbing when 60-year-old Brian Nelson was stabbed and found dead in his house behind his store, The Bottle Shop. Authorities have made no arrests despite an extensive investigation. Police believe Nelson was killed sometime between…
