
Brooklyn Center Man Shot by Police Now Charged With Assault
A 23-year-old man has been charged after he allegedly threatened officers with a running chainsaw and was shot multiple times by police last week.
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A head-on crash in Chisago County Friday left one man dead and another injured, with a separate motorcycle crash in Mounds View two hours later sending a 64-year-old rider to the hospital.
Officers responded around 12:15 a.m. to the area of 14th Street and Nicollet Avenue after a ShotSpotter activation and multiple 911 callers reporting a shooting nearby.
Officers were first called to a residence in the 100 block of 5th Street Northwest just after 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 17, for reports of a man seen on the front steps and covered in blood.
A 2005 Daimler Chrysler Sprinter van was headed northbound when it entered the closed lane of the tunnel, striking multiple orange barrels before crashing into an elevated scissor lift.
Damon Andreas Constans Jr., 23, is charged with two counts of second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon and two counts of threats of violence with reckless disregard, according to a criminal complaint filed Monday.
As of Wednesday evening, no arrests had been made. Richfield police are leading the investigation and have not said whether a suspect has been identified.
Deputies responded to the intersection of County Highway 56 and County Road 117, finding a woman unresponsive in a nearby swamp. She was later airlifted to a hospital in Fargo and the suspect remained on scene, later admitting to deputies that he had been drinking.
A Moorhead man accused in a fatal drive-by shooting earlier this year has been indicted by a Clay County grand jury on two counts of first-degree murder and four counts of attempted murder, court records show.
Prosecutors have charged Hassan Papee Kamara, 21, of Minneapolis and Nicholas Sarkor Harris Jr., 21, of Brooklyn Park with first-degree assault causing great bodily harm, second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon and drive-by shooting.
Around 10 p.m. on June 12, two victims with stab wounds arrived at United Hospital, with a third showing up at Regions. Investigators determined the violence happened near 7th Street and Maynard Drive East, at an apartment building.
D’Andre Nicholas Bender, 33, is charged in Ramsey County with two counts of second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon and one count of fleeing police in a motor vehicle.
The charges, which include two counts of interstate stalking resulting in death, two counts of murder through use of a firearm, and two additional firearms-related offenses, were filed in U.S. District Court for Minnesota.
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.
The manhunt for the suspect accused of targeting and shooting Minnesota lawmakers came to an end Saturday evening with the arrest of 57-year-old Vance Boelter in Sibley County.
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.
Deputies with the St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office responded just before 3:30 p.m. to the 4800 block of Voss Road in Mountain Iron after a caller reported an ATV crash.
The crash occurred around 10:30 a.m. near State Highway 65 NE and Sims Road NE. Authorities say an adult male was driving a pickup truck southbound on the highway when he struck the rear of a SUV driven by an adult woman.
Boelter was being sought in connection with the overnight shootings at the homes of State Representative Melissa Hortman and State Senator John Hoffman.
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