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According to a criminal complaint filed in Hennepin County, 57-year-old Vance Luther Boelter dressed as a police officer and used a vehicle equipped with police-style lights to carry out the attacks early Saturday, June 14.
Boelter was being sought in connection with the overnight shootings at the homes of State Representative Melissa Hortman and State Senator John Hoffman.
The suspect fled the scene in a dark-colored SUV with a push-bumper, a spotlight on the drivers’ side, and red-and-blue flashing lights mounted on both the dash and rear window.
A man armed with a chainsaw was shot by Brooklyn Center police late Wednesday night after officers responded to a domestic disturbance.
Hamza Abdirashiid Said, 20, and Amiir Mawlid Ali, 18, were each charged this week in U.S. District Court with unlawful possession of a machinegun.
A Saint Paul woman has been indicted for attacking officers during a Lake Street drug raid and punching an FBI agent during her arrest.
According to the criminal complaint, 28-year-old Thomas John Jones is charged with six felony counts, including five counts of second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon and one count of firearm possession by a prohibited person.
No additional details about suspects or possible arrests have been released. There was no publicly available evidence as of publication to confirm a possible connection between the shootings.
Officers were dispatched just after midnight to the 2900 block of Colfax Avenue North, where they found both the man and child dead from gunshot wounds.
A federal grand jury indicted Kashmir Khaliffa McReynolds, 35, of Minneapolis, and Alvin Anthony Watkins Jr., 50, of Saint Anthony, in connection with a March shooting that unfolded shortly after their shifts with “21 Days of Peace.”
After two days of deliberations, the panel returned guilty verdicts for five counts of third-degree murder and ten counts of criminal vehicular homicide.
Isiah Shivers is accused of leading a Brooklyn Park officer on a high-speed chase around 3:45 a.m. on Saturday after police spotted a Dodge Charger and an Acura speeding near Zane Avenue North and Oak Grove Parkway.
