Suspect Injured with Hatchet After Attacking 2 with Knife in Minneapolis

Nov 10

A man was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after a violent assault and stabbing in a Minneapolis apartment Sunday night.

The attack also left two females injured in another apartment, including a juvenile.

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Police say the incident began around 7:42 p.m. in the 800 block of Olson Memorial Highway when a man entered an apartment unit and attacked two females inside. During the assault, a juvenile female reportedly used a knife to defend herself and ran to a neighbor’s apartment for help.

The man followed her to that apartment and continued to attack both her and a male resident who tried to intervene. The male then used a hatchet to defend himself and the juvenile from the suspect, police said.

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Officers arrived within minutes and took the suspect into custody. He was transported by EMS to a hospital with apparent life-threatening injuries. The juvenile and the adult female were both taken to the hospital with injuries described as non-life-threatening.

Minneapolis Police investigators and forensic scientists processed the scene late into the evening as detectives worked to determine what led to the attack. Police are also working to determine whether the suspect knew any of the victims.

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