CASS LAKE, Minn. – Cass County sheriff’s officials say one person has died after being struck by gunfire at an outdoor house party. A drive-by shooting happened at a residence in Cass Lake shortly before 3 a.m. Monday. Deputies arrived to find a 34-year-old local man had been hit by gunfire while he was in a yard at the party….
OLIVIA, Minn. – Friends and family have identified the man who was fatally shot by a police officer over the weekend in western Minnesota. A cousin, Jessica Laro, identified him as 32-year-old Ricardo Torres Jr. He was shot in alley about 2 a.m. Sunday in Olivia. Officials say Torres was armed and confronted a police officer. Laro says Torres would…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – Grand Forks Police are searching for a man wanted in connection with a weekend shooting at the Quality Inn. Police say 24 year-old Christopher Lane is wanted for attempted murder, motor vehicle theft and reckless endangerment. Officers were called early Saturday morning to the Quality Inn at 3251 30th Ave. S. on a report that…
MOORHEAD, Minn. — A Moorhead man is arrested and charged with firearms violations after a 6-year-old died after finding his gun in March. 33-year-old Phillip Jones, Jr. is charged with illegal possession of a firearm. Jones has a prior felony conviction in Hennepin County and is not allowed to own weapons under federal law. Court documents say the 6-year-old boy…
BECKER CO., Minn. — An Ogema, Minnesota man is found guilty in Becker County District Court of 2nd degree manslaughter in the shooting death of Jay Nelson. The former Lake Park police chief was hunting in November 2018 when he was shot while driving on the Yellowhead Trail in West Sugarbush Township by 56-year-old Morris Dodd Jr. Dodd previously pleaded…
WAHPETON, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) – Wahpeton police say two people are dead in a shooting early Friday at a home on the city’s north side. Officers responded about 2:30 a.m. Friday after a woman reported being threatened by a man with a gun. As they attempted to make contact with those inside the house, they heard a gunshot. Police were not…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Fargo Police identify the victim of a shooting outside the Africa International Restaurant and Nightclub as employee 28-year-old Dominque McNair who had no permanent address. “It’s a black on black crime. I feel like the community needs to come together as a group and do a peace walk because this is going to be just another…
FARGO, N.D. — Fargo Police identify the victim of a shooting outside the Africa International Restaurant and Nightclub as 28-year-old Dominque McNair, who had no permanent address. McNair was an employee of the establishment. He was shot early Sunday morning outside of the club. The police department put out the following press release: Fargo Police investigators are still actively…
MINNEAPOLIS – A judge has denied media requests to allow cameras at an upcoming hearing for a former Brooklyn Center, Minn. police officer charged in Daunte Wright’s death. Kim Potter is charged with manslaughter in Wright’s death during a traffic stop April 11 in Brooklyn Center. The city’s police chief at the time said he believed Potter mixed up her…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Authorities are investigating an alleged trespassing incident that led to a shooting on the outskirts of North Fargo Monday night. Forty-one-year-old James Mayerhofer is in the Cass County Jail on charges of DUI involving drugs, DUI refusal and fleeing in a motor vehicle. He was arrested around 10 o’clock Monday night after 58-year-old Joe Larson called…
