Coon Rapids police were called to the home in March after the man told his neighbor that he had unintentionally discharged his handgun, causing the bullet to strike his house. Officers say the man was cooperative and turned over the handgun, as well as the discharged casing.

Charging documents filed Monday say that police were involved in a multi-month, ongoing investigation into the sales of counterfeit fentanyl pills by a man identified as Marquis J. Johnson, 27, of Duluth, out of his home in Duluth. During the investigation, law enforcement conducted surveillance and observed multiple quick stops at the address, consistent with drug sales.

Officers were dispatched around 10:25 p.m. Thursday, June 22 for the report of a pedestrian struck by a driver who fled the scene after a domestic disturbance. The suspect vehicle was reported to be a white GMC pickup and officers quickly established suspect information.

Formal charges filed against four people allegedly involved in a fatal North St. Paul shooting reveal that the 24-year-old victim was 3D-printing “ghost guns” and the suspects dropped two bags of firearms as they fled the murder scene. According to court documents, at around 6:13 p.m. on Monday, June 19, officers were sent to the apartment building on the 2100 block of McKnight Rd. N. for a report of a male with a handgun near one of the apartment units.

The State Patrol says a 22-year-old man suffered life-threatening injuries after he crossed Highway 169 on a UTV and was struck by a pickup truck near Vernon Center in Blue Earth County on Thursday afternoon. State Troopers were called to the intersection of Highway 169 and County Road 31 in Vernon Center Township around 3:15 p.m.

Antonio Lemar Corwin, 30, was charged in April with 3rd-degree assault causing substantial bodily harm, malicious punishment of a child, assaulting a police officer, fleeing and obstruction after investigators learned of a 6-week-old child who had suffered injuries consistent with abuse.

A suspect in the deaths of five women after a high-speed crash in Minneapolis is now facing federal charges. Derrick John Thompson, 27, has been charged federally with illegal possession of fentanyl and a firearm after a crash that killed five young women Friday night near I-35W & Lake St.

The Lake Superior Violent Offender Task Force says a search warrant executed Wednesday revealed 1,355 fentanyl pills, multiple guns, ammunition and over $18,000 in cash. Officers executed the warrant on the 700 block of North 20th Avenue East in Duluth and took multiple suspects into custody.

One person was seriously injured in a home explosion Wednesday afternoon in Coon Rapids. The cause of the explosion is under investigation and several other homes were damaged.

The Stearns and Benton County SWAT Team was assisting the St. Joseph Police Department in executing a search warrant for a case involving firearms on the 200 block of Able Street East when officers fired shots. The suspect was transported to the St. Cloud Hospital where his condition is unknown.

Crews were called to the 8300 block of Pequaywan Lake Road, about 25 miles north of Duluth in an unorganized township after the US Air Force received an aircraft beacon alarm. A spotter plane in the area observed possible wreckage on the ground and guided deputies to the location. Upon arrival, deputies found both the pilot and the passenger deceased.

The Minnesota State Patrol says three people are dead after a fiery two-vehicle crash Sunday morning near Paynesville in Kandiyohi County. According to the State Patrol, a 2007 BMW was traveling southbound on County Road 2 while a 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan was traveling northbound near 240th Avenue Northeast when they collided around 10:48 a.m. Sunday, June 18.

The driver of a Dodge Ram 1500 pickup died after crashing head-on into a FedEx Freightliner semi on Interstate 94 early Saturday morning in Afton, authorities say. The State Patrol says the pickup driver was westbound in the eastbound lanes of I-94 around 3:30 a.m., near the Manning Ave. overpass. The pickup struck the semi head-on and both vehicles erupted in flames.

Officials have confirmed that five people were killed in a crash Friday night near Lake St. and I-35W after a driver at a high rate of speed t-boned a vehicle at the intersection and fled on foot. Four adult female victims and one juvenile female victim inside the t-boned vehicle died at the scene, police say. An adult male suspect who is believed to have caused the crash was apprehended a short time later.

A Saint Paul man faces several charges after allegedly firing a shotgun during a dispute with a neighbor earlier this month over a dog, then blaming the gunshot on a diabetic episode. On June 2, 2023, Saint Paul officers responded to a neighbor dispute over a dog on the 1500 block of Marion Street after a man involved—Jamison John Stewart, 45—allegedly fired a shotgun.

A man on parole after being convicted of murder is now facing more charges after allegedly fleeing officers on foot and being found in possession of a gun and drugs last weekend. On June 10, 2023, Minneapolis police executed a search warrant for a black Chevrolet Equinox near the intersection of E. Lake St. & Park Ave.

Formal criminal charges have been filed against Adam Taylor Fravel, the ex-boyfriend of a missing Winona woman who was found dead earlier this week. The documents reveal new details and allege prolonged abuse by Fravel, 29, including an obsession with a previous murder case that gained national attention.

A Wright County man has been charged with 2nd-degree murder and 1st-degree assault after allegedly setting a fire at a Chisago County home early Sunday that left a man dead and woman injured. According to the criminal complaint, officers were called to a residence on the 400 block of Cambridge Drive in Chisago County in response to a fire in progress around 3:30 a.m. Sunday.

A 23-year-old man Zimmerman man has been charged with vehicular homicide and two counts of criminal vehicular operation after he was allegedly driving drunk and left the scene of a crash that killed one person and injured two others.

A 53-year-old woman faces charges after allegedly causing a head-on crash in South Saint Paul that killed her ex-husband and injured two others Monday afternoon. Emergency crews were called to Concord Street South and Chestnut Street in South Saint Paul on a report of a head-on collision involving a Dodge minivan and a Chevrolet truck.