Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis family searching for missing therapy dog, 'lifelong companion'
A Minneapolis family is asking for any and all help possible to find their beloved therapy dog, Sammy.
Sammy is a mid-sized, mostly black Bernese-poodle mix (or Berniedoodle) with a brown snout and legs and a white underbelly, and to 29-year-old Daniel Stoltman, the dog has been a true lifeline.
Stoltman suffers from depression and he says Sammy has helped him through some really tough times over the last couple of years.
Sammy was last seen in Loring Park on March 3. Stoltman said he spent that evening, well into the dark, searching for his pet.
The family filed a police report and since then, they’ve tacked up countless fliers and posted on several social media sites.
Stoltman and his dad, Kevin Stoltman, have not given up their efforts or their hope, and they can’t imagine having to replace Sammy.
It cost about $15,000 and a year-and-a-half of time to properly train Sammy to be a therapy dog, Kevin said. To Daniel, the cost of losing a companion has been even greater.
“I just expected to always have him around. And one bad event really took that, so it’s tough,” Daniel said after discussing the plans he had to take on more camping adventures with Sammy.
“When I think about replacing him and the amount of time it would take, that is really difficult,” Kevin added. “So if anybody out there knows where he is, if you know — or if you have him — please call us.”
The family has offered a $750 reward for his safe return.
If you see a dog that might be Sammy, the family asks that you call or text them directly at 612-719-7463.
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.
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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
Shooting at northeast Minneapolis gas station kills teen, leaves neighbors ‘shocked’
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – For the second time in as many months, gunfire has erupted at the gas station Augustine Lora can see from his backyard.
“It is shocking. It is totally shocking, It’s kind of concerning that it’s happening in the same place,” Lora told FOX 9.
Police were called to the gas station in the 2600 block of University Avenue Northeast around 3 a.m. on Friday after getting reports someone had been shot.
They found a 14-year-old with gunshot wounds lying on the ground outside an SUV. The teen died a few hours later at the Hennepin County Medical Center.
Investigators believe the 14-year-old was in the SUV, when someone opened fire from another car that had pulled into the parking lot.
“The whole community should be outraged. When a child is killed like this at 3:00 in the morning, it’s totally unacceptable,” said Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara.
Just last month, Fox 9 showed you surveillance video from a shootout between teenagers at the same gas station in late February, that nearly killed innocent bystanders.
That shooting left one of the teenagers involved critically injured.
Police arrested 17-year-old suspects who have been charged with second degree attempted murder and assault.
“We don’t have information to suggest that it’s a problematic property, but it’s definitely a concern now there’s a second incident there,” said O’Hara.
Lora would like to see more police patrols near the 24-hour gas station to make sure their neighborhood is safe.
“I’m not saying we don’t feel protected by them but apparently there’s a lot more work to do around here for sure,” said Lora.
Police did arrest a 30-year-old woman on an unrelated warrant.
They are still trying to determine how she is connected to Friday morning’s shooting.
Minneapolis, MN
14-year-old boy killed in shooting in north Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS — Police are investigating after a 14-year-old boy was shot and killed in northeast Minneapolis early Friday morning.
Minneapolis police say officers were called to the 2600 block of University Avenue Northeast around 3 a.m., where they found the teenager on the ground outside of an SUV. He was taken to the hospital, where he died three hours later.
Police say he was in an SUV with a few other people when someone shot rounds from another car. The SUV that the boy was in had not been reported stolen, and police do not know if the other one was stolen or not.
“Teenagers, Kia’s and Hundai’s, and guns have become a common recipe for violent crime and tragedy,” said Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara. “The death of a teenager out on the street is outrageous and totally unacceptable.”
No one else was injured in the shooting. Police arrested a woman in her 30s at the scene on an unrelated warrant.
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