Police say were dispatched to the report of the crash around 1:30 a.m. Sunday on Freeway Boulevard near Xerxes Avenue North. Upon arrival, officers located one vehicle with extensive damage and two victims suffering from extensive injuries outside of the vehicle.
Read MoreA New Hope man is charged with 2nd-degree murder after allegedly stabbing a man in the parking lot of a Brooklyn Center apartment building earlier this week, killing him. Police spoke to the victim’s sister, who said that her child’s father, Demetrius Lamar Harris, 28, had come over to her apartment that evening.
Read MorePolice say they responded to a residence on the 5700 block of Halifax Avenue North where they found four dogs attacking 22-year-old Dezmond Ray Thomas Trawick in the backyard. Police say they deployed a “less-lethal” round which struck at least one of the dogs, resulting in all of the dogs returning to the residence.
Read MoreA Brooklyn Center woman is facing six charges after allegedly driving drunk with a revoked license and crashing while her 7-year-old daughter was a passenger in the car. Brooklyn Center police were called to the intersection of 61st Ave. N. & Emerson Ave. N. just before 8 p.m. on April 10, 2023, on a report of a two-vehicle crash
Read MoreA 36-year-old Anoka man has been charged after a woman was found fatally shot inside a Brooklyn Center home on Sunday afternoon. Michael Isaac Klinger is accused of 2nd-degree murder, aggravated controlled substance crime and prohibited person in possession of a firearm in the shooting death of Katie Ann Fredrickson, 34.
Read MoreA suspect reportedly wanted in connection to a previous murder and who was being pursued by officers in Brooklyn Center late Friday afternoon crashed into an unrelated vehicle and injured four of its occupants near 53rd Ave. N. & Humboldt Ave. N.
Read MorePolice arrested three suspects and recovered four firearms outside the Brooklyn Center Sun Foods, 6350 Brooklyn Blvd., around 8 p.m. Friday after an armed carjacking and ensuing vehicle pursuit. Brooklyn Park police said the victim was pistol-whipped by one of the suspects during a carjacking on the 7600 block of Jolly Ln.
Read MoreA surveillance camera caught a brazen mid-day gunfight outside a Brooklyn Center strip mall Friday afternoon. There were no immediate injuries reported, but police say at least 13 rounds were fired. Just after 1:35 p.m., police responded to the 1300 block of Shingle Creek Pkwy. after multiple callers reported hearing the gunfire.
Read MoreFormer Brooklyn Center police officer Kimberly Potter has been sentenced to 24 months in prison by Hennepin County Judge Regina Chu for fatally shooting Daunte Wright during a traffic stop last spring. Two-thirds of Potter’s sentence must be served in prison, while one-third can be served on conditional release. She may be eligible for release in April 2023.
Read MoreAfter a trial lasting eight days and deliberating for more than a combined 27 hours, a jury has found former Brooklyn Center police officer Kimberly Potter guilty on first and second-degree manslaughter charges for the death of 20-year-old Daunte Wright on April 11.
Sentencing will be set at a later date, but state guidelines call for a sentence of around seven years. State prosecutors have previously said they intend to seek an aggravated sentence.
Read MoreThe trial of former Brooklyn Center officer Kim Potter began its first full day Wednesday, Dec. 8, with opening statements given and two witnesses called by the prosecution.
Potter is facing first-degree and second-degree manslaughter charges after fatally shooting Daunte Wright on April 11, 2021. The former officer has stated she intended to draw her Taser but drew her firearm instead, firing one round into Wright as he attempted to flee.
Read MoreThe former Brooklyn Center police officer who’s facing a 2nd-degree manslaughter charge for the killing of Daunte Wright made her first court appearance in court via Zoom Thursday, April 15, with her next appearance set for May 17.
Read MoreWith the recent police shooting of Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center, Minn., on April 11, 2021, where it appears a police officer meant to fire her taser but instead fired one shot from her service weapon, killing Wright, we looked around the nation at similar events that have occurred.
Read MoreKim Potter, the Brooklyn Center officer accused of fatally shooting Daunte Wright during a traffic stop on Sunday, April 11, announced her immediate resignation in an email to city officials Wednesday morning.
Read MoreA state of emergency has been declared in the Twin Cities and a curfew has been set from 7 p.m. Monday, April 12, until 6 a.m. Tuesday.
There are exceptions for first responders, those going to work or the hospital and credentialed media members. The curfew covers Hennepin, Ramsey and Anoka counties, though other jurisdictions may follow suit.
Read MoreNew police body camera video just released from Brooklyn Center shows the officer apparently mistakenly reaching for her gun instead of her taser, shooting 20-year-old Daunte Wright once during a traffic stop Sunday, April 11, 2021.
Read MoreA Brooklyn Center officer fatally shot a 20-year-old man during a traffic stop Sunday afternoon, with a large crowd forming in the aftermath and police in riot gear holding the area.
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