Minneapolis, MN
Hit-and-run vehicle plows into crowd, kills 16-year-old girl and injures others
A 16-year-old girl died and five others were injured after a driver plowed into a downtown Minneapolis crowd shortly after midnight Saturday.
Police arrested a 22-year-old woman, who they say drove into the crowd then fled downtown. She’s being held in jail pending possible criminal charges.
“There aren’t words to describe how tragic and senseless it is to lose a 16-year-old female over something like this,” said Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara. “There were at least a dozen people in the immediate path of the vehicle as the suspect drove through the crowd.”
A fight between teenagers and young adults precipitated the incident, O’Hara said.
Preliminary information indicates that the driver of the vehicle left the altercation to take the wheel of an SUV, drive in reverse on Hennepin Avenue, then drive the wrong way on Fifth Street North before running into a large group of people. Although the investigation is ongoing, O’Hara said video footage led him to believe “this was clearly not random.”
“We have a number of leads that we are working through, as well as a number of surveillance and cell phone video evidence that we think there could be more arrests,” O’Hara said. “There was a fight before this where it does appear that at least one female was injured significantly, prior to being run over.”
All victims were transported to the Hennepin Healthcare Hospital, including the 16-year-old girl who died there. Two 14-year-old girls and two men in their twenties were among those injured and are expected to survive. A 29-year-old woman remains in critical condition.
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Minneapolis, MN
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Minneapolis, MN
Man fatally shot in Minneapolis, 17-year-old arrested
The scene of the shooting on Thomas Avenue North. (FOX 9)
A man was fatally shot after an argument early Tuesday morning in Minneapolis.
Fatal shooting on Thomas Avenue North
What we know:
According to Minneapolis police, around 2:30 a.m., officers responded to the 1600 block of Thomas Avenue North on reports of a shooting inside a home.
At the scene, officers found a man with several gunshot wounds. The man was taken to the hospital, where he later died, police said.
Authorities say that an argument led to gunfire, and the suspect fled the scene before police arrived.
A 17-year-old was arrested in connection to the shooting, and police say they are investigating “connections” between the teen arrested and other violent crimes in Minneapolis this year.
What they’re saying:
“Another family has forever been impacted by senseless violence,” said Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara. “Settling disputes with a firearm is completely unacceptable, and we will continue to work tirelessly to ensure justice in this case. Every available tool in the juvenile justice system must be used to protect young people who pose a danger to themselves as well as the community.”
What we don’t know:
Police did not specify the gender of the 17-year-old. And the other crimes the teen could be connected to were not specified.
The man who was fatally shot has not been identified.
The Source: A press release from the Minneapolis Police Department.
Minneapolis, MN
41-year-old convicted in triple homicide at Minneapolis encampment
A 41-year-old was found guilty in the murders of Christopher Martell Washington, Louis Mitchell Lemons, Jr., and Samantha Jo Moss at a homeless encampment in Minneapolis, according to the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office.
According to a criminal complaint, Earl Bennett rode an e-bike to a tent in the encampment in October 2024, asked to see one of the victims inside and began shooting shortly after being allowed inside. Surveillance video showed him leaving the tent and riding away on his e-bike.
Washington and Lemons were declared dead at the scene, and Moss died at the hospital a week later.
Woman dies nearly a week after triple shooting at Minneapolis encampment; suspect charged
Bennett is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 16 in this case, the attorney’s office said.
Other cases
Bennett is also a defendant in two other cases.
He was shot by law enforcement after pointing a gun at officers in St. Paul days after the murders.
Officers later learned Bennett had shot and critically injured a man earlier in the evening at a sober living home on the 3500 block of Columbus Avenue South.
The gun Bennett pointed at officers in St. Paul matched the casings found at both the encampment and sober living home shootings.
SPPD releases bodycam of officers shooting and injuring man charged in encampment triple homicide | Man seriously injured in Minneapolis shooting, suspect not in custody
These cases both remain open.
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