Minneapolis, MN
A seeming fatal crash in southeastern Minnesota is now investigated as a homicide in Minneapolis
A homicide investigation is underway in Minneapolis after law enforcement responded to a weekend motor vehicle crash in southeastern Minnesota and discovered a victim whose traumatic injuries weren’t consistent with a car accident.
While responding to the single-vehicle crash Saturday morning near the Eyota exit on Interstate 90, the Olmsted County Sheriff’s Office found a body in the back seat of the car, according to a press release.
The driver, 32-year-old Margot Lewis, was outside the vehicle and being tended to by a passerby. While checking to see if anyone else was in the vehicle, deputies found the body of a 35-year-old woman.
According to the sheriff’s office, the condition of the body was “suspicious” and it was “immediately apparent” the woman’s death wasn’t a result of the crash.
Lewis was eventually arrested for interference with a dead body.
Meanwhile, Minneapolis police were asked later Saturday to perform a welfare check at the dead woman’s home in the 700 block of 16th Street Southeast. According to Minneapolis police, authorities eventually executed a search warrant, and the scene inside the residence showed evidence of violence.
Lewis remains in custody ahead of a Tuesday court appearance.
The name of the victim is being withheld pending autopsy and notification of next of kin.
Anyone with information about the case is encouraged to call CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
Minneapolis, MN
Tensions flare in Minneapolis after latest shooting
Minneapolis, MN
FBI: 1 arrested after protesters smash into unmarked federal vehicles allegedly containing federal documents
The FBI says that a suspect is in custody after protests in north Minneapolis Wednesday evening culminated in vandalism and the apparent compromising of federal documents.
“One individual who allegedly stole federal government property out of an FBI vehicle in Minneapolis last night has been arrested,” FBI Director Kash Patel announced Thursday evening. “The suspect is a member of the Latin Kings gang with a known violent criminal history.”
Patel did not release the identity of the person apprehended, but added “there will be more arrests.”
The incident happened after an ICE agent shot a man in the leg in north Minneapolis on Wednesday night. WCCO Photojournalist Tom Aviles was a few blocks away from the scene two hours after the shooting happened, and caught some of what happened.
Dozens of alleged protesters smashed through two parked, unmarked FBI vehicles. They then forcibly ripped out a large lock box from the trunk and tried desperately to open it.
The crowd then appeared to tear through a second vehicle and successfully break into the locked container, which was already emptied.
“It feels sort of surreal. It doesn’t feel this should be the world we have to live in,” one protester said.
A woman showed WCCO what she claimed was inside: documents that appear to be from the U.S. Marshals Service.
“How they’re picking them up, how they’re finding them, where they’re taking them to, how to access the buildings they’ve taken them to. The coins they receive for everyone they pick the f*** up,” she said.
Minneapolis police eventually moved in, deployed tear gas and pepper balls to disperse the crowd. Those looted SUVs, now covered in graffiti, were towed away.
The FBI earlier announced it was offering a reward of up to $100,000 for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for the vandalism and the return of stolen property.
Minneapolis, MN
Photos capture new protests after second ICE shooting in Minneapolis
Federal agents shoot man in the leg in Minneapolis sparking protests
Federal agents were conducting a “targeted” traffic stop when the Venezuelan national attempted to flee the scene, according to DHS.
Tensions over Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions continued to surge in Minneapolis after a federal officer shot a person in the leg on Jan. 14, photos and videos from the city showed.
A man, whom the Department of Homeland Security said is a Venezuelan national living in the United States without authorization, was shot in the leg by a federal officer, a week after an ICE agent shot and killed Renee Nicole Good.
In the latest incident, DHS said the man drove away during a “targeted traffic stop” and crashed into a parked vehicle before taking off on foot around 6:50 p.m. local time. After one of the federal officers attempted to apprehend the man, two other people arrived from a nearby apartment, and all three started attacking the officer, DHS claimed.
After Good’s death, protests erupted in Minneapolis amid the immigration enforcement surge ordered by President Donald Trump.
Photos and videos from the city after the latest shooting showed troves of protesters and federal officers alike taking to the streets as tear gas clouded the air.
Photos show protests continue after another shooting in Minneapolis
Contributing: Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY
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