
BCA Identifies Suspect, Officers in Brooklyn Center Police Shooting
The shooting happened just before 4 p.m. Monday, Feb. 23, in the 5600 block of Brooklyn Boulevard after reports that a man was waving a handgun in a business parking lot.
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The shooting happened just before 4 p.m. Monday, Feb. 23, in the 5600 block of Brooklyn Boulevard after reports that a man was waving a handgun in a business parking lot.

The incident unfolded around 3:55 p.m. Feb. 23 in the business area near the 5500 block of Brooklyn Boulevard, where Brooklyn Center officers were dispatched on reports of a man waving a gun outside.

Ecstasy Audacious Algerice Whitehead, 23, of Minneapolis, Rajah Lezarious West, 21, of New Hope, and Imani Nafisah Reid, 24, of Saint Paul, are each charged with second-degree assault.

According to the criminal complaint, officers were dispatched after a woman reported that Joplin, identified as the father of her child, had attacked her and fled in a white Hyundai Tucson.

Darshawn Turner, of Minneapolis, is charged with second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon causing substantial bodily harm, assault causing substantial bodily harm and threats of violence.

The charges stem from a months-long investigation in Hennepin County that—on Thursday, Jan. 29—included traffic stops and searches of a home, vehicles and related properties tied to the suspect.

Norbit Demetrius Jenkins, 61, is charged with kidnapping and five counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct along with felony motor vehicle theft following the allegations.

According to the criminal complaint, Tiffany Ann Flowers, of Crystal, is charged with second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon and third-degree assault causing substantial bodily harm.

Court records show Brooklyn Center police were called to Cub Foods at 3245 County Road 10 after reports of a fight that was upgraded while officers were en route to a stabbing.

A summons was filed for 21-year-old John Dean McClain following a months-long review of CyberTips and device data, according to a Hennepin County complaint filed last week.

Officers were sent Saturday, Dec. 6 to 1300 Shingle Creek Crossing and learned while they were on the way that the suspect was still on scene.

A Brooklyn Center man is charged with attempted first-degree murder after police say he confessed to stabbing a woman more than 20 times in a premeditated attack at a park early Sunday morning.