The Duluth Police Department says officers were called around 12:25 a.m. to the 200 block of West 3rd Street after reports of a shooting.

When officers arrived, they found the woman lying in a pool of blood with a stab wound near her spine. Medics provided aid at the scene before she was transported for treatment.

Investigators discovered the suspect had been working with children as a ski coach and used Adobe Photoshop to digitally alter photos of them. Authorities say he morphed the children’s faces onto explicit images of child sexual abuse.

Demetrius Remond Norwood is charged with attempted second-degree murder, illegal firearm possession, first-degree property damage and refusing a chemical test after driving drunk.

35-year-old Alexanader Logan Keller with one felony count of criminal vehicular homicide after authorities say he struck and killed a person during a fight, then left the scene.

Federal prosecutors said 33-year-old Dillon Alvan Reyna was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court to 264 months in prison followed by 15 years of supervised release after pleading guilty to coercion and enticement of a minor.

According to a criminal complaint, officers were called to Ninth Avenue East around 10:50 p.m. on Aug. 16 after a neighbor reported a disturbing encounter.

Officers were called just before 2 p.m. to the 1500 block of North 9th Avenue East, where they found 74-year-old Maedean Davin dead from an apparent gunshot wound.

Police say Phillip Bacon threw fireworks at his neighbor’s home, damaged the siding and gas meter, then threatened to burn it down during the bizarre outburst.

Life-saving efforts were initiated by jail staff and continued by responding emergency crews, but the person was pronounced dead despite those attempts. The BCA has been called in to lead the investigation.

Officers arrived to find a man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. They provided immediate medical aid before the man was transported to a hospital, where he later died. A second man at the scene was also shot at but was not injured.

A Duluth man who admitted to sexually abusing a boy over a span of three years and producing explicit recordings of the abuse was sentenced Tuesday to 30 years in prison.

Prosecutors say 25-year-old Tyler Walter Edwards stabbed the victim more than 30 times in July 2024, then set his body on fire using accelerants including Pine-Sol and alcohol.

Jeffery Lee Niemi, 40, was charged with a total of four counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct and prosecutors agreed to dismiss two as part of the plea deal.

The investigation began in September 2022 when federal authorities received a tip indicating that an individual using the Kik messaging application had uploaded multiple videos containing child sexual abuse material.

Authorities responded to a report of a stabbing at approximately 12:22 p.m. on January 9 in the 100 block of East 3rd Street. When they arrived, officers discovered one person with a stab wound.

Officers responded to the report in the 200 block of West 1st Street. Officers learned that around 30 sticks were stolen from the bus overnight, which were valued in excess of $15,000.

A 60-year-old bicyclist was killed Wednesday evening after being struck by two vehicles, according to police.

Authorities in Duluth are investigating the deaths of five people—including two juveniles—found in two separate residences in the West Duluth neighborhood Thursday.

Duluth Police arrested a man who climbed the WDIO-TV broadcast tower on Observation Road, allegedly disrupting essential communication lines.