Lakeville police are warning the public after a woman was violently assaulted Saturday morning in a wooded area of East Lake Community Park.

The Saint Cloud man who was fatally shot outside a south Minneapolis gas station after allegedly using a racial slur during an argument has been identified by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner.

The woman accused of stealing a 92-year-old woman’s purse at the laundromat and who was detained hours later by the victim’s 73-year-old daughter has been identified as a St. Paul woman with a long history of felony level convictions for theft and burglary around the state.

Prosecutors have charged a Minneapolis man with murder after he allegedly admitted to shooting a man in the face outside a south side gas station this week because the victim called him the 'N-word.'

After a 92-year-old woman had her purse ripped from her arms at the laundromat Thursday morning, March 25, the victim’s 73-year-old daughter returned to the scene of the crime and set up a stakeout, waiting for hours in hopes of catching the thief, St. Paul police said.

Washington County authorities are raising awareness after what they call an “alarming increase” in cases of online “sextortion” cases involving juveniles, with multiple cases under review by the Woodbury Department of Public Safety.

A man believed to be in his 40s was shot and killed just before midnight last night on the 1700 block of E. Lake St., Minneapolis police said.

Dispatch audio gives more detail into the wild pursuit of a stolen taxi that led Minneapolis police from the southwest to the heart of downtown and left a pedestrian injured this morning before the driver was apprehended in a parking ramp.

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.

Gage Allen David Anderson, 18, of Farmington, has been charged with one count of attempted 1st-degree murder (while committing a felony) in connection with the shooting on the north end of town March 19, 2021.

St. Paul police are investigating what is believed to be a murder-suicide after a man and woman were found fatally shot Saturday, March 20, outside a home on the east side.

The man accused of stealing a police squad car and leading police on a chase northwest of Red Wing on Friday, March 19, is being held at the Goodhue County Jail on a slew of pending charges.

A man stole a police squad car and led officers on a winding pursuit northwest of Red Wing, Minn. on Friday, March 19, with the man getting hold of a department-issue rifle and delivering a tirade over the police radio before being apprehended in a field.

One person was reported to have been shot in the head and a suspect was in custody after what started as gun-pointing incident near 209th St. W. & Catalina Way in Farmington on Friday, March 19.

Police have identified the man arrested in connection to the double stabbing and robbery at an antique business late Thursday morning. Authorities also said that the officer who was injured by a homemade pepper spray during the incident has since been released from the hospital.

Officers from multiple jurisdictions were in an armed standoff with a man who was reported to have fired several gunshots in the area of Portland Ave. S. & I-494 on Thursday, March 18. - Police blocked I-494 in both directions as they attempted to negotiate with the man, who was reported to have fired several groups of gunshots and was repeatedly yelling at officers to shoot him.

A photo shared by the Ramsey County Deputys’ Federation shows the charred shell of a deputy's squad car after it was struck broadside by a driver fleeing in a stolen vehicle late Wednesday, March 17, in Arden Hills.

Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo and other law enforcement leaders vowed Wednesday, March 17, to restore peace to the area of 38th St. and Chicago Ave., the so-called, multi-block "autonomous zone" in south Minneapolis where George Floyd died last May and an area that has been plagued by a "staggering and unacceptable" rise in violent crime, Arradondo said.

Woodbury police are investigating after a single-vehicle crash killed one person and left four others injured shortly after 11 p.m. Saturday on Settler's Ridge Pkwy. near Sundance Ln.

Minneapolis police pursued a pickup involved in a shots fired incident through the south side Friday, March 13, ending just east of the so-called “NoGoZone” or “autonomous zone” near E. 38th St. & Chicago Ave.