Police Seek Man After Brutal Minneapolis Log Attack
A 45-year-old man is in a coma after a daytime assault in south Minneapolis and investigators are asking for the public’s help identifying a person seen near the attack.
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The shooting happened Aug. 11, 2023, during a backyard concert on the 2200 block of 16th Avenue South, where dozens of people had gathered for a performance described by witnesses as an LGBTQ-friendly community event.
The collision happened around 1:20 p.m. at the intersection of 610th Avenue and 170th Street, where a southbound passenger car collided with a pickup truck pulling a flatbed trailer.
Minneapolis police say the victim was struck in the head multiple times with a log during the attack, causing severe injuries that left him hospitalized in critical condition.
The new indictments dramatically expand a case that federal authorities say crossed the line from protest into criminal interference with religious worship.
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.
Police were called at about 9:10 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 25, to the 800 block of Wescott Road after the victim reported a young male and two females assaulted him, threatened to shoot him and took his vehicle before leaving the area.
Two off-duty Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents who were dining at a nearby restaurant are credited with performed life-saving CPR.
The verdict followed a two-and-a-half-week trial stemming from the deaths of the children on March 15, 2024, at a home on Red Lake Nation.
A judge sentenced Lisa Marie Rosenau, 40, of Bethel, to a 24-month prison term, but stayed execution of the sentence for 10 years and placed her on supervised probation.
According to the Minnesota State Patrol, the driver of a 2004 Buick LeSabre traveling northbound crossed the center line and collided head-on with the driver of a southbound 2005 Saab 9-5.
The incident happened just after 1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 23, when officers were called to Hennepin County Medical Center after a man arrived seeking treatment for a stabbing that investigators say occurred on a bus along Chicago Avenue.
Investigators say the man was upset over state-mandated business closures and demanded money he claimed to have lost during the COVID shutdown.
The arrest happened after Airport Police officers conducting parcel interdiction at a UPS sorting facility in Maple Grove identified a suspicious package addressed to a home in the 5300 block of France Avenue North.
Eddie Darren Duncan, 23, of Minneapolis, was released from the Hennepin County Jail shortly after noon Monday, Feb. 23, after posting $35,000 bail in a pending felony case involving fleeing police and possession of a machine-gun conversion device.
During the arrest, authorities say the officer was accidentally stabbed by a knife protruding from the man’s pocket during a struggle.
The shooting happened inside an apartment building in the 100 block of East 18th Street, where officers were called on a report of a person shot.
The investigation began Feb. 13 after police were contacted by a Best Buy supervisor who reported an employee discovered illegal material while remotely assisting a customer with a device issue.
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