Sources report two police officers and a paramedic were shot and killed this morning after a standoff suspect opened fire on officers inside a home around 5:30 a.m. Sunday morning.
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A Burnsville man is charged with murder after admitting to killing his mother, dismembering her and disposing body parts in multiple locations. Troy Michael Mitteness, 56, of Burnsville, is charged with 2nd-degree murder in the death of his mother, Sandra Viola Mitteness. The charges come after detectives began investigating reports of mail theft in June, which led authorities to a murder confession.
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According to court documents, in March 2023, federal agents received information that Benjamin Jehle Zwack, 29, an employee at a Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL) business, was selling 3D-printed gun conversion devices, commonly known as “switches” or “auto sears.” These devices enable firearms to be fired as a fully automatic weapon by a single function of the trigger and qualify as “machineguns” under federal law.
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A Farmington man faces charges after allegedly causing a high-speed crash that killed a 16-year-old girl and seriously injured a 15-year-old girl, both passengers in his vehicle.
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A man is dead and one other is seriously injured after a head-on crash in Burnsville around 2:45 a.m. Saturday. Emergency crews were called to southbound Interstate 35 at Crystal Lake Road for the crash that closed all traffic on the interstate for hours.
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Officers from multiple law enforcement agencies arrested a kidnapping suspect and found the female victim safe after a long-running tracking operation spanning more than a day and multiple metro locations. The suspect, Derrick Jonathan Fasig, 27, fled from a 2005 Chevy Tahoe after ditching it near the Shell station at 12340 Nicollet Ave. shortly after 4:30 p.m.
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A large fire at an apartment building in Burnsville on Wednesday night left dozens of residents displaced, but no significant injuries were reported. Firefighters responded to the blaze around 10 p.m. and located heavy flames on the west side of the building, extending to all three floors.
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Authorities have arrested a suspect in relation to a fatal shooting Friday night at a Burnsville motel that left one victim dead.
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The armed carjacking suspect who was fatally shot by Burnsville officers after a pursuit Sunday afternoon has been identified, as have the officers who fired their weapons, who are all on standard administrative leave.
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Burnsville police on Sunday, April 18, fatally shot an armed man who is believed to have previously carjacked a woman at gunpoint and fired several gunshots at officers during a pursuit.
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Burnsville emergency crews responded to a two-vehicle accident near the intersection of County Rd. 42 & County Rd. 5 on Sunday, April 4. Two people were killed and two others were injured.
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