Saint Paul police are investigating a homicide after a woman was fatally shot early Saturday morning on the 40 block of Lyton Pl., in the city's North End neighborhood. Details are limited, but officers first on scene reported finding the woman outside, barely breathing around 12:10 a.m., according to initial dispatch audio.

A driver was seriously injured in a crash with a school bus carrying nearly two dozen students Friday afternoon in New Brighton. Just after 4 p.m. on Friday, emergency crews responded to the intersection of County Road 88 and County Road D in the city of New Brighton for a report of a head-on crash involving a school bus.

Shortly before 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, Rochester Fire units were alerted to a fire alarm at the Woodridge Apartments located at 2804 2nd St SW. Initial arriving units noticed smoke coming from the building, with many residents evacuating.

The Minnesota State Patrol on Thursday released more information and video from Hennepin County Sheriff David Hutchinson’s DUI crash near Alexandria, Minn. in December 2021. Portions of the video show Hutchinson lying injured on the shoulder of Interstate 94 after he rolled his county SUV early Dec. 8. Hutchinson was attending a law enforcement conference in Alexandria and was hospitalized after the crash.

A 911 call around 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday of a possible home invasion and shots fired led to St. Paul’s third homicide in 2022. According to initial dispatch audio, a 911 caller reported that a male had entered their home on the 300 block of Blair Avenue and held a gun to the head of their cousin. The suspect was reportedly still on the scene at the time of the call.

Around 9:30 am on Tuesday, fire crews received a call for smoke filling the inside of Truckin’ America, 4720 Highway 52 North, in Rochester. First arriving crews noted heavy smoke inside of the business, and light smoke coming from the roof.

St. Louis County emergency crews responded to a home on the 9200 block of Range Line Rd. in Morcom Township, near Cook, on Jan. 16 after a 911 caller reported they had been shot and was driving to the Cook Hospital. The caller reported that their daughter had shot her and that she was still at home, but had access to a vehicle.

Willmar police arrested a 36-year-old man early Sunday morning after he allegedly fired a gunshot at an officer during a foot pursuit and holed up in a garage for hours, armed with a handgun. Police said Esteban Ramos Jr., of Raymond, Minn., was stopped by an officer on the 100 block of High Ave. NE. just before 8:40 p.m. Saturday in Willmar.

Shortly after 1 a.m on Saturday, emergency crews were dispatched to the 500 block of Canyon Lane NW, after three males were found unresponsive in a residential garage. Initial arriving units reported that two of the three males were in cardiac arrest, and one was unresponsive but breathing.

A large fire at an apartment building in Burnsville on Wednesday night left dozens of residents displaced, but no significant injuries were reported. Firefighters responded to the blaze around 10 p.m. and located heavy flames on the west side of the building, extending to all three floors.

St. Paul officers responded to a shooting on the 500 block of Prior Avenue North just after 9:30 pm. There, officers found a male believed to be in his 30s suffering from a gunshot wound to the back. The male victim was transported to Regions Hospital in traumatic arrest and didn’t have a pulse.

Shortly after 1:30 a.m. on Saturday, the Rochester Fire Department was alerted to a fire in a mobile home in the Oak Terrace Mobile home park in southeast Rochester. Callers reported that fire was “shooting out” of the front of home.

A woman died after being stabbed in the chest Sunday afternoon inside an apartment building on the 100 block of Larpenteur Ave. W. According to initial dispatch audio, a call just prior of a male suspect breaking in an apartment door may be related.

Bloomington police have arrested a man suspected of a shooting inside the Mall of America on New Year's Eve that injured two people. Kahlil Markell Wiley, 18, of Saint Paul, was arrested around 3 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 4 on the 2600 block of Rice St. in Roseville and a firearm was recovered at the scene, police said. Wiley is being held on suspicion of 1st-degree assault with further charges forthcoming from the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office.

A shooting in Saint Paul's east side left a man injured around 6 p.m. on Monday night. Squads responded to the scene on the 500 block of Nebraska Avenue East and located an individual with a gunshot wound to the abdomen. Police and medics provided emergency care and transported the victim to the hospital where his current condition is unknown.

Emergency crews were sent to the residence in Canosia Township, which is about 15 miles northeast of Duluth, after a 911 caller went to check on the welfare of the men after they were unable to get ahold of them for several days on the phone. Once at the residence, it was discovered there had been a fire inside the home sometime in the past few days that eventually extinguished itself.

Bloomington police are investigating after two people were injured after a shooting occurred inside the Mall of America on Friday evening just before 5 p.m. Police officers inside the mall located two victims near Sears Court on the third floor of the mall. One victim had suffered a gunshot wound to the leg, and another had suffered a wound to the shoulder. Both injuries appeared to be non-life-threatening.

On December 23, 2021, at approximately 7 p.m., a deputy with the Wright County Sheriff’s Office was responding to a medical for a person that had possibly fallen down outside. According to a media release, the deputy arrived on the scene and did not see the victim on the ground in the un-lit driveway. The deputy pulled in and made contact with the victim at slow speed and rendered medical assistance before the victim was transported to Maple Grove Hospital, where he died a short time later.

Saint Paul police are investigating after two unrelated shootings left one man dead and another injured late Tuesday night. The first shooting occurred on the 500 block of Blair Ave around 10:15 p.m. Dec. 28. Officers reported the victim had a gunshot wound to the chest and arm. Medics transported the man to Regions Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.

The man who was shot and killed by an Austin police officer in the parking lot of a gas station Thursday, Dec. 23 has been identified as Kokou Christopher Fiafonou, 38, of Austin, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said in a media release. The BCA said a knife was recovered near Fiafonou’s body after he was shot by an officer outside the Kwik Trip at 1201 W. Oakland Ave. shortly before 10 p.m.