Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis man recovering after being shot for looking out the window
Partner of man shot in Mpls crime spree speaks out
The girlfriend of the man who was shot by suspects in a crime spree in Minneapolis, for simply looking out a window, spoke out on Wednesday.
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – A Minneapolis man is on the road to recovery after he was shot by burglars when he looked out his window after hearing a noise.
Crime spree turns violent; man shot in face
The backstory:
Three men went on a two-hour crime spree Tuesday morning, breaking into several garages, carjacking a man at gunpoint and shooting two people, Minneapolis police said.
The suspects, who have not been arrested, were captured on surveillance video moments before the first shooting, on 25th Avenue South. In the video, three men get out of a white sedan and break into a garage, police said. The suspects then return to the car. One of them appears to notice something in the distance and fires a single round in that direction.
The bullet hit Hansen, tearing through his jaw and knocking out some of his teeth before lodging in his shoulder, his longtime girlfriend, Denise Ward, said.
He had looked out of his second-floor window after hearing noise outside, which is when the gunman noticed him and opened fire, she said.
The suspects were involved in six incidents, including a robbery on East Lake Street that ended with a man shot in the chest, leaving him with potentially life-threatening injuries, police said.
Crime spree suspect shoots Mpls man
Video provided by the Minneapolis Police Department shows a group suspected in a string of burglaries and robberies breaking into a garage in the city and shooting at someone inside a house.
What they’re saying:
Ward was downstairs at the time of the shooting. She did not hear the gunshot, but she saw the aftermath.
“I just heard him yelling, ‘Call 911! I’ve been shot!’” she explained. “He had a big wad of paper towels, bleeding everywhere.”
Ward said Hansen is recovering at a hospital, where he underwent surgery on Tuesday to remove the bullet from his shoulder. She said another surgery, on his jaw, is planned for later in the week.
“There’s going to be a long road, but I’m thankful it went this way,” she said. “A couple inches up you got a shot to the eye, lodged in the brain. A couple down – the aorta, spinal cord.”
What’s next:
Police are still searching for the three suspects. They have recovered two vehicles connected to the crime spree.
Minneapolis, MN
Lynx fend off Paige Bueckers' homecoming in Minneapolis to top Wings, remain undefeated
Paige Bueckers’ homecoming in Minneapolis didn’t quite go as she might have hoped.
Bueckers and the Dallas Wings dropped their third straight game to open the WNBA season on Wednesday night. While they mounted a bit of a comeback late, and Bueckers made a bit of league history in the process, the Minnesota Lynx held on to grab the 85-81 win at the Target Center. That spoiled Bueckers’ first professional game back in her hometown after she was taken No. 1 overall in last month’s WNBA Draft.
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The Wings came out hot on a 15-5 run, though that almost immediately fell apart. The Lynx responded with a 16-3 run to take control by the end of the first quarter.
The Lynx then pushed their lead to double digits late in the second quarter and nearly entered the locker room with a 10-point advantage after Natisha Hiedeman’s wild half-court shot at the buzzer went in. Her shot was deemed just barely too late, however, and the Lynx’s lead remained seven.
Bueckers struggled in the first half, too. She went just 1 of 6 from the field and didn’t score until late in the second quarter when she finally hit a 3-pointer.
Napheesa Collier dropped 12 points in the third quarter, including a 15-footer right before the buzzer to keep the Wings at bay over the next 10 minutes. Bueckers drilled her second 3-pointer just a few minutes into the fourth quarter, and then DiJonai Carrington drilled one of her own a few minutes later to make it a one-possession game. Then, after a bit of a fight down the stretch, Arike Ogunbowale drilled a 3-pointer from the wing with just 39 seconds on the clock to keep the Wings in it.
But Collier hit a pair of free throws after that, and Bueckers missed a last-ditch 3-pointer, which gave the Lynx the four-point win. That pushed them to 3-0 on the season and dropped the Wings to 0-3.
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Collier led the way for the Lynx with 28 points and eight rebounds while shooting 8 of 13 from the field. Alanna Smith and Courtney Williams added 13 points a piece, too. The Lynx had 27 assists on 28 made field goals and outrebounded the Wings by 16.
Ogunbowale led the Wings with 21 points and five assists, and Myisha Hines-Allen added 11 points. Bueckers dropped 12 points and 10 assists, shooting 3 of 11 from the field and 2 of 5 from behind the arc. Bueckers is now just the third player in WNBA history to record a points-assists double-double in the first three games of her career. She’s the first since Shoni Schimmel did it in 2014, according to ESPN’s Alexa Philippou.
Bueckers grew up in Hopkins, Minnesota, a suburb on the southwestern side of the Twin Cities. She led her high school to a state title in 2019 while being named the Gatorade National Player of the Year, which helped kickstart her remarkable run at UConn. So, earlier this month ahead of Bueckers’ first career WNBA game, Hopkins changed its name to honor her.
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The town, for a single day, became “Paige Bueckers, Minnesota.” There were countless events throughout the town, including a watch party for the Wings’ season opener. That game coincidentally also was against the Lynx, just in Dallas.
While Wednesday’s game wasn’t great for Bueckers, she at least got to play it in a familiar place and cross off a major milestone. And, as she’s still just three games into her WNBA career, Bueckers should have plenty of chances to win at the Target Center — starting when the Wings travel back to Minneapolis on Sept. 1.
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