Minneapolis, MN
Memorial plans announced for Minneapolis police officer Jamal Mitchell
Law enforcement and loved ones will honor fallen Minneapolis police officer Jamal Mitchell in a public safety memorial service on Tuesday, June 11, at 11 a.m. at Maple Grove Senior High School.
The Minneapolis Police Department announced the plans for the public memorial on Thursday. They say details will be publicized in the coming days.
Mitchell was shot and killed last week while responding to a report of a double shooting in the Whittier neighborhood of south Minneapolis. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says he had stopped about a block away to help an injured person when he was “ambushed” and shot.
Mitchell was one of three people who died in the chaotic incident; at least four others were injured.
He had served with the Minneapolis Police Department for about a year and a half. He leaves behind three children. His family says they are planning a memorial service in Connecticut, where Mitchell was born and raised.
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Minneapolis police are investigating a hit-and-run that left a man seriously injured Tuesday afternoon.
The crash happened near Oliver Avenue North and Lowry Avenue North just before 2 p.m., according to the Minneapolis Police Department.
Investigators say an SUV struck another vehicle, which then collided with a motorcyclist. The driver of the SUV then fled the scene.
The motorcyclist was taken to the hospital with potentially life-threatening injuries. Police say the driver of the other vehicle was not injured.
No arrests have been made as of Tuesday night.
A recent FOX 9 investigation found that Medicaid fraudsters owe millions but pay back little with several other defendants discharged from probation after making either minimal or no payments towards their court-imposed debts.
A homicide investigation is underway after a person was found shot to death inside a car parked along the Mississippi River, the Minneapolis Park Police Department said.
Around 6:40 a.m. Sunday, officers from Minneapolis Park police and the city’s police department responded to a report of a body in a car at Mill Ruins Park. They found an adult with a fatal gunshot wound at the scene, as well as a firearm.
The Minneapolis Police Department’s Homicide Unit is investigating.
Police said the Hennepin County medical examiner will determine the manner and cause of death, as well as the person’s identity.
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