Investigators say alcohol was a factor in a crash that killed one person and critically injured another Thursday night in Columbia Heights. Emergency crews were called around 10:30 p.m. to a report of a crash near Highway 65 and 39th Ave. NE. in Columbia Heights. The State Patrol says 35-year-old Cody John Jazdzewski, of Minneapolis, drover a 1998 BMW off the roadway and onto the sidewalk, striking two pedestrians before the vehicle came to rest near a tree line.

Columbia Heights police say two people were injured in a shooting just after 2:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon on the 4500 block of Central Avenue Northeast. Early indications show that a juvenile male shot into a vehicle occupied by three individuals before fleeing the scene.

A 15-year-old girl was shot and killed in a shooting late Thursday night in Columbia Heights, authorities have confirmed. Around 11:57 p.m., police were called to the 3900 block of 3rd St. NE. after a report of a victim being struck by gunfire.