Terrel Steven Koivu

On May 13, 2026, officers were dispatched to a call reporting a person with a gun near 16th Street and Chicago Ave in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. The individual was reported to be with a group of individuals and threatened someone with the firearm. The individual was later identified as Terrel Steven Koivu ([DOB redacted]), Defendant herein. When officers arrived, they observed a male matching the description of the male with the gun. He was leaving the scene on a bicycle. Officers pursued the Defendant on foot and commanded him to stop.

He did not. Officers were able to stop the Defendant after his bike struck a tree. Officers recovered a loaded tan SCCY 9mm handgun with a black slide from the Defendant’s jacket pocket. The firearm did not have a serial number. While officers arrested the Defendant, the Defendant stated he had a pellet gun in his backpack. The Defendant was in possession of a red backpack during the incident that contained multiple small plastic baggies with a white powdery substance consistent with drug sales. The backpack also contained items used for drug sale such as containers with white residue and a digital scale with white residue on the surface.

The baggies and contents were tested and weighed. 5.37g of fentanyl, 2.23g of cocaine and 1.61g of methamphetamine were recovered. In a post-Miranda statement, the Defendant again stated the firearm was a pellet gun and that he cannot have guns. He identified the gun as “the brownish looking thing, the brown looking gun.” A review of the Defendant’s criminal history shows he is prohibited from possessing firearms due to a conviction for 2nd Degree Drug Possession (Court Case #27CR264641), convicted on March 27, 2026. The Defendant is currently in custody.