Amanda Lynne Gorman

On or about 5/8/2026 at approximately 7:18 PM, Officers with the Brooklyn Center Police department responded to a vehicle crash on the 7000 block of Brooklyn Boulevard in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota 55429. Upon arrival, officers located a vehicle stopped near the front steps of an apartment complex. The driver of the vehicle was identified as Amanda Lynne Gorman, [DOB REDACTED], Defendant herein. Immediately, while speaking with the Defendant, she appeared confused and disoriented. Officers asked her multiple times to exit the vehicle.

She was confused and did not believe that she had been in a traffic incident. When she got out of the vehicle, Officers showed her the front of the vehicle, which had disabling damage from hitting the front step of the apartment complex. Officers also interacted with NGD, who was laying on the front step of the apartment complex and had a severe laceration around the ankle area on his left leg where the skin was peeled back and revealing the muscle tissue around the bone. NGD was bleeding heavily from his leg.

A witness told Officers that NGD lived in the building and had gotten into an argument with her. NGD went outside after the argument and then neighbors came to alert the witness that NGD had been hit by a car. Several witnesses told Officers that they heard a loud bang outside and then saw NGD on the ground screaming for help after being struck by the vehicle. Inside the vehicle, Officers noticed an ignition interlock device. Officers also found drug paraphernalia in the vehicle, including a glass pipe that appeared to have burnt marijuana inside, a non-labeled prescription bottle that contained a razor blade, and a small baggie containing a white powdery substance.

The white powdery substance was field tested positive for cocaine and weighed.65 grams. Two empty bottles of vodka were located in the back seat of the vehicle. A duffle bag containing a green leafy substance consistent with marijuana was also located in the vehicle. The Defendant was taken to North Memorial hospital, where a blood draw was conducted. In a post- Miranda statement, the Defendant admitted to using cocaine the day prior to the incident at approximately 3 pm. The Defendant has a prior conviction for Criminal Vehicular Operation on 6/13/2022, in case number 70- CR-21-12689 The Defendant is in custody on this charge.