According to court records, officers found the 52-year-old victim dead in her apartment on Park Meadows Drive in Waite Park after being called for a welfare check.

Deonna Marie Presbury, 35, faces two counts of second-degree murder and three counts of first-degree arson for her alleged role in the Aug. 13 blaze on the 1500 block of 11th Ave. S.

The incidents both happened on the south side and while investigators have not confirmed a connection between the shootings, MPD Chief Brian O’Hara said the possibility is being examined.

According to the criminal complaint, officers responded to a suspected homicide at an apartment on the 1100 block of James Avenue North. They found the victim with a gunshot wound to the neck and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

The victim, Kristi Joy Gardner, was discovered with multiple gunshot wounds and law enforcement quickly identified her former partner as a person of interest in the case.

Responding officers located the victim inside the building, but he was pronounced dead at the scene. Preliminary information suggests that the victim was inside the apartment when someone fired shots at him.

Jack Joseph Ball, 23, faces two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of intentional second-degree murder in the death of 30-year-old Bethany Ann Israel and her unborn child.

The shooting occurred on Sept. 21, 2024, during a birthday celebration at a residence on the 7500 block of Kentucky Avenue North. According to court records, Chang reportedly became upset over perceived disrespect from a relative.

The case stemmed from a Sept. 20, 2022, incident when Bauer called 911 to report finding Weitzenkamp unresponsive in a machine shed at a farm on 266th Street near Winthrop.

Prosecutors allege that Steven Rawls Jr., 25, fired multiple shots at a vehicle parked on the 600 block of Aurora Avenue, killing one man and endangering three others, including two children Nov. 24.

Tremaine Bucholz was sentenced in Hennepin County District Court after being convicted of aiding and abetting first-degree murder and second-degree murder.

A West St. Paul man has been sentenced to more than 30 years in prison for fatally stabbing his housemate in an adult group home.

According to witnesses, a physical altercation between two groups preceded the incident and Simmons drove toward members of the opposing group multiple times, ultimately running over the victim and injuring three others.

Fravel, 30, was found guilty in May of second-degree murder when a jury determined after two days of deliberations that he killed Madeline Kingsbury in March 2023.

Police located a 17-year-old boy inside a residence with multiple gunshot wounds. Officers immediately began life-saving measures but the boy was pronounced dead at the scene.

A Dakota County grand jury has indicted a man on one count of premeditated first-degree murder and one count of intentional second-degree murder in the 2022 death of his mother.

Brooklyn Park police say one person is dead and another person seriously injured after a shooting on Brooklyn Boulevard Thursday afternoon.

A Minneapolis man will be sent to prison for shooting a man in October of 2023 during an altercation outside a Minneapolis home.

A 22-year-old Hastings man was killed Monday evening in Robbinsdale in what police are calling a targeted shooting.

Officers were dispatched at 1:12 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 30 to a home on the 4100 block of Manor Woods Drive NW. When they arrived, they found a man suffering from a gunshot wound.