Ivin Dwayne John

On May 18, 2026 at approximately 16:50 P.M., Brooklyn Center police officers were dispatched to the Baymont by Wyndham hotel at [ADDRESS REDACTED] in Hennepin County, Minnesota on report of a domestic in progress. Upon arrival, police encountered two parties – an identified female, Victim herein, and IVIN DWAYNE JOHN, [DOB REDACTED], Defendant herein, Victim's boyfriend. Victim [NAME REDACTED], crying and extremely distraught. She immediately told officers that Defendant choked her and he had a gun.

Officers secured Defendant and made the scene safe. Victim continued to display extreme distress, having a difficult time articulating words and sentences, her voice was raspy, veins were protruding from her neck and her forehead, and she said she was having a difficult time breathing. Eventually, she began throwing up. While officers spoke with her, they tried to help deescalate the situation and learn what occurred. She reported that Defendant began assaulting her during a fight and choked her multiple times - causing her to feel lightheaded and she nearly passed out.

She said her face felt bloodshot while he was choking her, and she was unable to breathe or speak. She also reported that there was a struggle over a gun that Defendant had, and she was unsure if it was fired or not. She said at some point during the fight, she attempted to call 911, after getting into the hallway and down a stairwell. Defendant followed her, took her phone from her, and smashed it against a pole. It was at this point that he also grabbed her by the hair and shoved her head into either a wall or a pole.

Victim [NAME REDACTED] on her forehead and red marks on her neck. In her lethality screening, Victim [NAME REDACTED] has threatened to kill her before and frequently carries a gun. Police viewed surveillance footage from the hotel, and saw Defendant carrying a gun shaped object, and going off camera view near an enclosed space where the vending and ice machines are located. Police found a firearm there. Police determined this gun was reported stolen. Defendant remains in custody.