Minneapolis, MN
Family launches ‘stop the violence’ campaign after security guard killed in Minneapolis
Household launches ‘cease the violence’ marketing campaign after safety guard killed in Minneapolis
Gabriel Mendoza-Cordova was shot and killed over the weekend whereas offering safety at an Uptown bar. Family members who knew him as “Dino” gathered to recollect him in St. Paul. His household is in search of justice, demanding to know what occurred.
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – His ardour was retaining folks secure. In the long run, it price him his life.
Gabriel Mendoza-Cordova was shot and killed over the weekend whereas offering safety at an Uptown bar.
Family members who knew him as “Dino” gathered to recollect him in West St. Paul on Wednesday. His household is in search of justice, demanding to know what occurred. His homicide can also be pushing them to do one thing extra, motivating them to attempt to ignite a motion to finish the lethal gun violence ripping aside households.
“He is all the time simply sort of been a protector and that is simply sort of who he was,” stated Mendoza-Cordova’s sister.
Given the circumstances surrounding her brother’s slaying, Gabe Mendoza-Cordova’s sister requested us to protect her identify and identification. However her message was loud and clear.
“This isn’t the primary time that we have been concerned with the battle for gun violence, but it surely’s the primary time it has been so impactful for us as a result of it is fully completely different when it occurs to you straight,” she stated. “You get up differently, I feel, and notice that that is now our day-to-day life.”
Gabe’s household tells us the 23 yr outdated was shot and killed working a safety element at Fireplace Home Uptown on the 1300 block of Lagoon Avenue Sunday night time. They don’t have all the main points however perceive there was a capturing outdoors the bar, he was making an attempt to guard others, when he was fatally struck within the neck.
Police discovered him mendacity contained in the again of the institution.
“We knew he was very properly skilled,” his sister says. “He all the time wore a vest. Sadly, on this scenario, you understand, it was a spot that the vest couldn’t shield.”
Gabe grew up in a big Saint Paul household, desirous to personal his personal personal safety agency. He was a twin, and his mother’s solely son. His family members vow that he will probably be remembered for excess of the most recent murder statistic in Minneapolis.
They launched a Twitter deal with, Stop the Violence @71in2022, a nod to the variety of murders within the state’s largest metropolis to this point this yr.
“Gabe will not be the primary or the final individual that’s going to die by the hands of gun violence in Minneapolis,” his sister acknowledged. “One thing must be carried out.”
The household is so grateful for the outpouring of help. A GoFundMe to assist with funeral bills has topped $19,000 as of Wednesday night. Ultimately examine, police had made no arrests in his killing.
Minneapolis, MN
Court filings from Minneapolis man accused of shooting neighbor show pattern of harassment
MINNEAPOLIS — Newly uncovered court documents accuse John Sawchak of a long history of violence.
The documents accuse Sawchak of striking a neighbor with a wooden stick, slashing the tires of a police car and threatening to kill other neighbors.
Last week, Davis Moturi said he was doing yard work outside his south Minneapolis home when Sawchak shot him.
Sawchak is charged with attempted murder for the shooting Moturi. His bail is set at $1 million.
Court documents show Sawchak’s issues with neighbors spans nearly a decade.
A request for a restraining order in 2015 is from a mother of three, who lived in the same home where Moturi lives now.
According to one of the documents, the mother wrote “Kids are afraid of sleeping in their rooms or using the restroom by themselves” and “I’m really afraid that something terrible might happen before something is done.”
In the same restraining order, she said, “police told us to keep calling” but “whenever they do come, John is already in his house and they can’t get him.”
In 2016, Carole Megarry filed for a restraining order after she said Sawchak would yell at her and record her.
The now-77-year-old writing at the time, “she was thinking [of] leaving the neighborhood and moving someplace where I do not have to worry about this man.”
“It was definitely intimidating, certainly state of vigilance always looking and listening,” Megarry said.
Instead of leaving, she adapted.
In 2022, things took a violent turn when she let her dog out.
“He came after me with a piece of lumbar about 4 inches long. He was yelling at me and chasing,” Megarry recalled. “I was afraid I could have been killed.”
Since that time, Megarry said she’s avoided Sawchak, going as far as not even walking in the alley of her home.
Neighbors said they are upset with how police handled the situation and how they let this situation with Sawchak go unnoticed.
Megarry said many neighbors knew not to engage with him and just ignore him.
While Sawchak’s home remains boarded up, neighbors like Megarry say they feel safer knowing he’s in custody, but at the same time, uneasy.
On Friday, the Minneapolis NAACP said dereliction of duty led to the shooting and wants a sincere apology from Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara and Mayor Jacob Frey. Minneapolis public information officers say O’Hara already did that during a press conference this week.
MINNEAPOLIS — A project to improve the Nicollet Avenue Bridge is getting $34.2 million in federal funding.
The funding is part of a $635 million grant for 22 small and medium-sized bridge projects around the U.S., according to the Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration.
The bridge, which stands over Minnehaha Creek in Minneapolis’ Tangletown neighborhood, was built in 1923 and underwent repairs in 1973, according to the city.
Federal officials say over 10,000 vehicles cross the bridge every day.
The city is planning to replace the bridge’s sidewalks, drainage and lighting systems and create protected bike lanes.
The money for the grant is part of the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, which was signed into law in 2021.
During construction, the bridge will be closed to all cars, bikes and pedestrians. Timing on construction is undecided, according to the city.
Dinkytown shooting injures 3 people
Authorities are investigating a Dinkytown shooting that left three people injured. FOX 9 reporter Se Kwon has the latest details.
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – Authorities are investigating a Dinkytown shooting that left three people injured early Friday morning.
What we know
A SAFE-U Emergency Alert states that three people were shot at the intersection of 4th Street Southeast and 13th Avenue Southeast around 2:15 a.m.
This area is in the heart of Dinkytown, just over half a mile west of Mariucci Arena and Huntington Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.
The shooting happened off of the University of Minnesota campus.
What we don’t know
Police have not released information on whether any U of M students were involved.
No suspect information is currently available.
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