1 Dead, 2 Hurt in Shooting Near U of M Campus
One person died and two others were injured early Saturday in a shooting in Dinkytown, near the University of Minnesota campus.
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Thirty-six-year-old Timothy Mark Olson Jr. pleaded guilty to one count of third-degree criminal sexual conduct for having sexual intercourse with a student while in a position of authority.
When police arrived, they found a man with multiple gunshot wounds to his chest. Despite life-saving efforts from officers and medical crews, he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Officers were called around 11:45 p.m. Saturday night to the 1000 block of Hudson Road after several 911 callers reported shots were fired inside the bar.
The crash happened around 11 a.m. on Nov. 1 on Highway 210 near mile marker 39 in Tordenskjold Township, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.
Officers from the Sherburne County Drug Task Force and the Benton County Sheriff’s Office were serving a narcotics search warrant when the man began shooting.
According to a criminal complaint filed Friday, 27-year-old Kelisha Jason Walton II is charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder with intent for an Oct. 2023, shooting in St. Cloud.
Responding officers found the man critically injured and he was taken to a hospital where he later died from his injuries. His name has not yet been released, pending family notification.
Police said the incident began around 2:38 a.m. when an officer reported hearing two bursts of fully automatic gunfire near 13th Avenue Southeast and 5th Street Southeast.
The incident began around 11:30 p.m. Oct. 29 when a Kenyon police officer saw a driver with Missouri plates make an improper right turn near 2nd Street and Red Wing Avenue in Kenyon.
Prosecutors say 21-year-old Tristen Alan Leritz forced a 51-year-old woman off the sidewalk on Centerville Road around 7:56 p.m. Tuesday while she was out for an evening walk.
Court documents accuse 19-year-old Joselyn Mae Casillas and 22-year-old Marcos Marcello Mueller of overworking or mistreating an animal resulting in death or great bodily harm.
Ortley was meeting with a professional visitor at the jail. As the visitor left, he allegedly shoved past and entered a public elevator area, taking a fire extinguisher from the wall.
According to court records, 21-year-old Avery Owen Cadwell was convicted of second-degree murder with intent in connection with the June 15, 2025 killing of 28-year-old Codi Brown.
Police were dispatched to a domestic assault on Oct. 28 after Martinez’s husband, a 54-year-old man, said Martinez assaulted him and had been having sex with her biological father.
Police found an adult male lying in the street with multiple gunshot wounds to his upper body. Despite life-saving efforts by officers and Saint Paul Fire medics, he was pronounced dead at the scene.
According to Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara, police were called shortly before 7 a.m. to a report of a man down outside a building near East 26th Street and 32nd Avenue South.
Leritz is accused of sneaking up behind a woman who was walking near Centerville Road and Pond View Drive on Tuesday night, dragging her off the sidewalk into a secluded area and sexually assaulting her.
According to court records, Ashlee Rose Klapperick, of Mora, was sentenced Monday to 48 months in prison. She will serve two-thirds of that term behind bars and the remainder on supervised release.
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