Shootings

Two Minneapolis cops shot near Lyn-Lake in home owned by MPR producer

-- This is a breaking news post. Updates are at bottom -- Two cops were reportedly shot while investigating a forced entry this afternoon in south Minneapolis, according to chatter on the Minneapolis police scanner. :::: UPDATE :::: Motorcyclist lies dead in the street after being hit by MPD sq ... More >>

Nhan Lap Tran allegedly opens fire on random cars in Oakdale, kills 9-year-old boy [UPDATE]

-- Scroll to bottom of post for updates -- Around 6 p.m. last night, a 34-year-old man opened fire on random cars near the intersection of Hadley Avenue North and 7th Street North in Oakdale, injuring at least two and killing a 9-year-old boy.SEE ALSO: Retek building shots fired report made by Targe ... More >>

National "Stand Your Ground" debate hits home

Does the law give people a license to kill and legalize in-home murder?

Woman shot, killed at Jimmy John's in Cottage Grove

Police called to a Jimmy John's in Cottage Grove found a woman shot dead inside the restaurant and a wounded man in the parking lot who had apparently shot himself, according to news reports Thursday night. The unidentified man was taken to Regions Hospital, where his condition is unknown. An em ... More >>

Chris Cazin, St. Louis County deputy, kills family's pit bull in controversial incident [PHOTO]

MORE RECENT PIT BULL COVERAGE:-- Pit bull recovering after getting shot by Minneapolis police-- Flying pit bull attack leaves Wisconsin man with serious injuries-- Leah Anderson sues Minneapolis police for shooting her dogOn the morning of July 8, Jason Jacobs and his wife, Angie Jarvis, returned to ... More >>

Derrick Catchings charged as adult in shooting of north Minneapolis teen

Derrick Deangelo Catchings, a 16-year-old from Brooklyn Park, will be tried as an adult in the murder of a teenager slain on his bike last summer in north Minneapolis, according to the Hennepin County Attorney's Office. Catchings has been in jail since last September on a separate case, and made hi ... More >>

Nizzel's death capped off string of gun-related North Side incidents, prosecutors say

The June 26 killing of 5-year-old Nizzel George (his father's last name is now being used after earlier reports said the boy's name was Nizzel Banks) brought a string of gun-related incidents on Minneapolis' North Side to a grim conclusion, prosecutors say.It began on June 25, when a 15-year-old boy ... More >>

Gay 90's shooter: Someone randomly threw me a gun, I picked it up and ran

The Hennepin County Attorney's office has charged two men in connection with the Monday morning post-bar close shooting outside the Gay 90's that left three patrons and one suspect with gunshot injuries.Don Austin, 20, described by police as "a stocky black male," faces three felony counts of aiding ... More >>

Two charged in shooting of man who was protecting daughter, cops allege

Prosecutors have charged two men for their roles in a north Minneapolis shooting February 20 Edwaldon Gorden Terrell Fells Jr. had been staying at the male victim's house on the 2700 block of Girard Avenue North, but was kicked out by the homeowner, who was upset that Fells, his girlfriend, and her ... More >>

Have you seen this cheesy car that was used during a shooting? [IMAGE]

This lamely decked-out car was used in a St. Louis Park shooting.​St. Louis Park police are asking for the public's help in trying to find the man responsible for a burglary and shooting that took place last week.For the case, which left a St. Louis Park homeowner with a gunshot wound, cops have a ... More >>

Dekoda Galtney identified as St. Paul homicide victim

​Dekoda Galtney has been identified as the man killed in a shooting last night in St. Paul. Galtney, 24, was fatally shot around 6:30 p.m. last night.After the shooting, which took place at 4th Street East and Bates Avenue, Galtney's friends rushed him to the emergency room and Regions Hospital, b ... More >>

Woman shot by police on 394 was possessed by "the spirit of the devil"

Katherine Gordon, shot and killed on I-394, had said she should be "locked up."​Katherine Gordon, the woman shot and killed by a Golden Valley Police officer during a traffic stop on Interstate 394 last week, had a previous run-in with area police. The details are weird enough that it's making som ... More >>

Katherine Gordon, California resident, identified as woman in fatal I-394 police shooting

Fox 9The details of the incident are still under wraps.​Katherine Gordon, a 58-year-old woman from California who'd recently moved to Minnesota, has been identified as the woman shot and killed by a Golden Valley Police officer after she was pulled over on I-394. Gordon's identity was released by ... More >>

Woman shot and killed by police on I-394 [UPDATE]

Fox 9Other police swarmed to the scene, but the incident had already turened fatal.​Interstate 394 was the site of a shooting incident this afternoon that left an armed woman dead, though details of what led to her shooting are not yet public.Just after 1:00 p.m., a Golden Valley cop pulled ov ... More >>

Keith Ammons charged with shooting ex-girlfriend eight times; victim survived, but paralyzed

Keith Ammons only stopped shooting when the gun jammed.​Keith Ammons's ex-girlfriend had a date on Monday night. Because Ammons couldn't handle that reality, he has a court date -- and she will probably spend the rest of her life in a wheelchair. The Hennepin County Attorney's Office filed four fe ... More >>

Leroy Martinez, shot by police, charged with second-degree assault

Leroy Martinez was shot while running from police.​Leroy Martinez, the man shot by Minneapolis police when he was seen running with a gun in his hand, is facing a charge of second-degree assault for his role in a shooting that had taken place moments earlier.Late Monday night, as a group of five p ... More >>

Man shot dead in Near North area of Minneapolis

Today brings news of the year's eighth homicide. ​Two separate calls came in late on Tuesday night -- one reporting that gunshots were heard around a Near North Minneapolis home, and one reporting that someone needed medical help. Minneapolis Fire and paramedics rushed to the scene at about 12:30 ... More >>

Byron Brantley left trail of guns after Born's Bar homicide

​Byron Brantley, Leandrews Miller and Xavier Buckhanan have all been charged in connection with the murder of Trevell Glass early Wednesday morning outside Born's Bar in St. Paul. Brantley, the suspected triggerman in the shooting, made it easy for the cops to track him down: He left a trail ... More >>

Mahdi Hassan Ali, Seward triple-homicide suspect, presses age dispute

Mahdi Hassan Ali claims he was a juvenile at the time of the Seward Market murders.​Thanks to some chilling security video, Mahdi Hassan Ali stands accused of being the triggerman at the Seward Market in January 2010 when three people were gunned down in a gruesome robbery gone wrong. But Ali ... More >>

Minneapolis stabbing victim dies: Homicide No. 5 for 2011

​Early Saturday morning, at about 5 a.m., Minneapolis cops responded to a 911 call about a stabbing at 2427 18th Avenue South, just south of East Philips Park and west of Cedar Avenue. Officers arrived, then medics, and the victim was rushed to HCMC. He died this morning. The Hennepin Count ... More >>

Ryan Eugene Loyd sentenced in 16-year-old Anthony Titus's murder

Ryan Eugene Loyd​Anthony Titus had just turned 16 years old when he was shot dead on the night of the Fourth of July in a backyard on the 2900 block of Fremont Avenue North. Family and friends said they were sure the boy wasn't in a gang, and that the shooting wasn't gang-related. As Minneapol ... More >>

James Lentz gives cop killer Joshua Martin a ride and goes to the workhouse

James Irvin Lentz was sentenced yesterday.​Joshua Michael Martin and Jason Jones had just killed Maplewood Police Sgt. Joe Bergeron last May, and Martin needed a ride from his mom's house. So he called his friend James Irvin Lentz. Lentz showed up, Martin got in the car, told his friend that ... More >>

Joseph John Sanchez shot dead in St. Paul

​Joseph John Sanchez, 28, is the man who was shot dead yesterday in St. Paul's Payne-Phalen neighborhood. This is the 17th murder in St. Paul this year. Police have not yet arrested anyone.

Jonas Gerald Grice arrested in Anthony Hartman's car wash shooting death

Jonas Gerald Grice is being held on suspicion of second-degree murder​Anthony Hartman's dad, Dave, said his son was stepping up for a buddy caught in an argument. His mom, Karen, said she wished that maybe he'd been a little less of a hero. Either way, when he was gunned down at the Car Spa ca ... More >>

16-year-old Anthony Titus shot dead

​The Sunday night bulletin from Minneapolis police was bare bones: "At 8:50 p.m. patrol officers in the Fourth Precinct responded to a report of a male down in a backyard in the 2900 block of Fremont Av N. When officers and EMS arrived they found the body of a male thought to be in his later ... More >>

Cedric Hunter Jr. is 21st Minneapolis homicide

​His mother says 18-year-old Cedric Hunter Jr. was trying to turn a corner in his life after serving time for armed robbery, but police say he was shot and killed on Aldrich Avenue N. Saturday night, becoming the 21st homicide in Minneapolis this year. There have been no arrests in the case. ... More >>

Woman shot dead in North Minneapolis

​Minneapolis police report overnight that one woman was shot dead and another was wounded in the 1300 block of Logan Ave. N. at about 2:30 a.m. The dead victim's identity is not yet available and will be released by the Hennepin County Medical Examiners Office. The wounded woman was transp ... More >>

Kenneth Sims ID'd as 13th Minneapolis homicide

​Kenneth Sims, a 21--year-old from Minneapolis, has been officially identified as the man found shot dead in the 4200 block of Irving Avenue North on Tuesday night. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner said today Sims died of multiple gunshot wounds. He was previously identified in news report ... More >>

James Eric King is identified as 11th Minneapolis homicide victim of 2010

He was shot and killed at about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday on Lake Street at the intersection of Clinton Avenue, a few blocks east of I-35W.

Minneapolis police investigate Lake Street rush-hour shooting death

The body was found on the sidewalk at Lake Street and Clinton Avenue South.

Minneapolis homicides: Murderopolis redux?

Mayor R.T. Rybak: "We've had several good years followed by several bad nights"

Man arrested in St. Paul's first homicide of 2010

Police aren't saying whether the shooting death was intentional, but the men grew up together and were friends, according to a neighbor.

Three men shot dead inside Franklin Avenue Somali grocery

The deaths are the second, third and fourth homicides of the year in Minneapolis.

Reinke says he slipped an arrow into an already-dead record buck

A Cannon Falls man pleads not guilty and says someone else shot and killed a world-record buck.

Two dead after St. Paul officer-involved shooting

Police are still sorting out the details of a gunfight that left one man dead and led to the death of another. A St. Paul police officer was also wounded.

Autistic boy ' loves animals,' shoots horses

A father takes away his son's rifle after two of their neighbor's horses suffer bullet wounds.

Medtronic defibrillator stops bullet, saves life

Doctors in Florida say a 61-year-old man was shot, but survived the injury when the bullet was stopped by the implanted cardiac defibrillator.

Twins's trash-burning neighbor won't be taking in more garbage

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Man charged in Kyle Parker's murder

A man known as "Fat Chris" has been charged with the April 28 shooting death of former Roosevelt High School basketball star Kyle Parker.

Murder in Camden neighborhood

One man is dead and another severely injured after a shooting in Camden Thursday evening. Neither of the men has been identified.

Ford Focus: Let your car babysit your teenagers

Thursday's five most fascinating stories printed on wood pulp.

Shocking: Minneapolis police chief says no gun planted in Lee shooting

Minneapolis Police Chief Tim Dolan responded to allegations that made a lot of news last week after the family of a police shooting victim says the gun at the scene was planted by officers to justify the death.

Unfriendly Fire

Duy Ngo will receive $4.5 million for getting shot by a fellow officer in the line of duty, but that won't restore his reputation

Gangs of St. Paul

In the capital city, a generation of younger, harder, more randomly violent gangsters wage war on themselves

Number 26

Fifteen-year-old Gary Parker was the 26th of Minneapolis's 49 homicides last year—and one of the 54 percent of black male victims whose killings went unsolved.

Red Lake shootings update:
media coverage notes and links

Shot to Hell

Duy Ngo, The Minneapolis police officer wounded by one of his own colleagues in a February drug stakeout, speaks out for the first time

No Justice, No Peace

The attorney asked if I could be a fair juror. I said yes. What a sucker I was.

Friendly Fire

When 12 COPS arrived at Andre Madison's house for a routine drug bust, they wandered into a ferocious gunfight with themselves.

The Riot Card

When police critically wounded 15-year-old Lawrence Miles Jr., TV reporters went out of their way to point out that being a cop in "Murderapolis" is dicey stuff. But after a witness said he saw Miles drop his gun and run before being gunned down, the stor