The Spring Lake Park – Blaine – Mounds View Fire Department responded to a structure fire Sunday just before 11 a.m. on a report of smoke showing from a residence on the 7000 block of Groveland Road. In a media release, SBM Chief Dan Retka says crews arrived and found fire on the main level of the home.  A neighbor reported to firefighters that the homeowner may still have been inside the home.

The Dakota County Attorney’s Office announced this week that a Ramsey County sheriff’s deputy was justified in his use of deadly force when he struck a suspect on foot who had fired gunshots toward officers in Mounds View last fall. The suspect who later died of his injuries—Troy Engstrom, 48—could be seen on squad camera video Sept. 22, 2021, firing a gun at an officer’s vehicle. It struck the vehicle once but the officer was not injured.

The Hennepin County Medical Examiner has identified the man shot by officers last Sunday evening in Mounds View as Noah Douglas Kelley, 21, from Saint Paul. Kelley died at Hennepin Healthcare due to multiple gunshot wounds.

The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said two officers discharged their weapons at Kelley after responding for a report of shots fired and an armed robbery near 2537 County Rd I.

A shooting in Mounds View left one person dead Wednesday afternoon, with several shots reportedly fired at the initial location and the victim found in a vehicle about a mile away.