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.

St. Paul Fire crews responded to a house fire around 9 p.m. on Sunday evening after a passerby called 911 and reported they saw smoke coming from a residence on the 200 block of Ruth St N.

Roseville fire crews were kept busy on July 4th, responding to two house fires as well as many grass and garbage can fires in the evening hours and overnight.

One person died at the scene of a collision between a passenger vehicle and a light-rail train in St. Paul late Sunday afternoon. A male passenger in the vehicle was extricated and transported to the hospital with critical injuries, police said.

Minneapolis firefighters battled a large blaze at a church on the northeast side of the city Monday, April 19. Heavy fire and smoke was seen from the roof and the steeple before crews were forced to evacuate to a defensive position due to the threat of its roof collapsing.

Burnsville police on Sunday, April 18, fatally shot an armed man who is believed to have previously carjacked a woman at gunpoint and fired several gunshots at officers during a pursuit.

Two Minnesota National Guard members were injured when a man fired around 10 gunshots from a vehicle toward Minneapolis police officers and a Guard contingent in the area of Penn Ave. N. & W. Broadway Ave. just before 4:30 a.m. Sunday, April 18. The soldiers were not struck by gunfire: one had minor injuries from shattered glass and was transported to a hospital, while the other soldier had superficial injuries, according to the Minnesota National Guard.

Late Friday, April 16, 2021, Minneapolis squads were dispatched for a ShotSpotter activation in the area of 24th St. E. & Cedar Ave. S. ShotSpotter had detected four rounds fired from the street in front of a residence. Shortly after, a 911 caller reported there was a victim shot in the street. Before squads arrived, the victim was taken to the hospital in a private vehicle.

The Minnesota State Patrol responded to a fatal crash on eastbound Interstate 94 near Highway 25 in Monticello on Friday morning, April 16. The State Patrol has since reported that one driver involved suffered fatal injuries at the scene.

An officer attempting to make a traffic stop in Hutchinson, Minn., was dragged by the suspect driver and struck in the head with a hammer during the altercation, police said.

The officer, who has not been identified, was hospitalized with injuries, but was in stable condition as of late Wednesday, April 14. The suspect, 61-year-old Luke Alvin Oeltjenbruns, of Hutchinson, was arrested at the scene after the assault, Hutchinson police said.

Authorities say at least one person was killed in a one-vehicle rollover crash just after 8 p.m. Monday, April 6 on I-35W in Minneapolis. The State Patrol confirmed that the crash involved a fatality, but it was unknown as of late Monday night if there were other occupants in the vehicle.

Vadnais Heights firefighters responded to a structure fire on the 1000 block of Pondview Ct. around 12:40 p.m. Friday, April 2.

Exclusive police squad car video released to MN CRIME shows a Minneapolis man leading officers on a high-speed pursuit from the western edge of the metro, crashing his vehicle and escaping through the car’s sunroof before he’s tased and apprehended.

St. Paul police are investigating the city’s ninth homicide of the year after a man was found shot to death inside the bathroom of an Payne-Phalen neighborhood auto body shop Tuesday afternoon.

Dramatic video shows the moments after an armed suspect rammed an Eagan police squad car and started a brief standoff on a busy south Twin Cities roadway.

Authorities say Kohlin Louis Fohrenkam-Differenthorse, of Minneapolis, died of multiple gunshot wounds at the scene of the shooting.