Minneapolis, MN
A violent week ends as three Minneapolis teenagers are shot in a 4 day span
MINNEAPOLIS — Three Minneapolis teenagers are shot in a span of four days concluding a particularly violent week in the Twin Cities.
“It was like really a quick several rounds,” said Minneapolis resident Kim Choyke.
Choyke has lived in the NE Minneapolis area for 10 years and says she loves it, but Friday’s early morning shooting says the shooting has left her shaken up.
“Very upsetting having it be almost literally in my backyard,” Choyke said.
Early Friday morning, a 14-year-old boy was shot outside a gas station in Northeast Minneapolis while sitting inside an SUV. He later died at the hospital.
BREAKING NEWS: Shooting reported at YMCA in Coon Rapids
On Monday, two 15-year-old boys were shot in Minneapolis.
Investigators say the two teens shot Monday were inside of a stolen Kia. The same vehicle was spotted driving recklessly and running red lights before the shooting.
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara says last weekend, 90 cars were stolen, 70 of them Kia’s.
“Just this overlap, stolen Kia’s, stolen Hyundai’s, illegal guns, violent crime is really just producing a lot of harm,” O’Hara said.
Going into the weekend– O’Hara says a new strategy is in place where juvenile investigators are on call 24/7.
“Clearly there is a need to have juvenile investigators available all the time because we are having these crimes happen at all different times around the clock,” O’Hara said.
A coordinated response to hopefully save some young lives.
“We are hopeful that will also help us get our hands around some of these issues,” said O’Hara.
Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis closes three beaches ahead of 4th of July weekend due to high e. coli levels
A stretch of Interstate 94 in Minneapolis has reopened after a fatal crash closed it for hours Wednesday morning.
The Minnesota State Patrol said the crash occurred on westbound I-94 near Interstate 35W around 2:30 a.m. The patrol said the crash was fatal, but did not say how many people or vehicles were involved.
The Minnesota Department of Transportation said the road was cleared just before 6:15 a.m., and a WCCO crew at the scene saw traffic moving through.
This story will be updated.
Minneapolis, MN
North Minneapolis Heritage Park tenants swelter as $500K grant sits locked for furnaces
Apartment complex A/C problem
Scorching heat is making life miserable for some at Heritage Park apartments in north Minneapolis. FOX 9’s Mike Manzoni explains the situation.
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – Tenants at a north Minneapolis apartment complex are struggling to stay cool as broken air conditioning and other problems remain unresolved during another day of high temperatures.
Tenants at Heritage Park turn to fans as heat rises
What we know:
Several tenants at Heritage Park are relying on fans to keep cool, but temperatures inside the apartments are still reaching the 80s.
“How I’m trying to keep cool is with this fan. I have another fan in that room,” Eddie Robinson, a tenant, told FOX 9 on Monday. “It’s an oven.”
Beyond the lack of air conditioning, tenants are facing other challenges inside and outside the building.
Some apartments have mold and dirty floors, while the exterior shows broken staircases and boarded-up windows.
Repairs and funding struggles at Heritage Park
The backstory:
The court-appointed receiver, Minnetonka-based Certus Financial, said it is waiting for a $5.1 million grant to help with repairs. There is $500,000 in city grant money available, but it can only be used for furnaces, which does not help tenants during the summer heat.
The property receives $85,000 each month from the federal government to help maintain the 200 public housing apartments.
Despite this, the complex is still losing $250,000 every month, according to the firm’s manager, Will Haase.
The property has 440 units, with nearly half set aside for public housing. More than half of the units are vacant, worsening the property’s financial situation.
Haase said his firm is working on patching 30 roofs to address leaks and has already replaced 168 furnaces. While there are still a couple of hundred open work orders, that number is down from more than 2,000 when the receivership began six months ago.
When asked if razing the complex could be an option, he said that is “never not in play.”
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