Minneapolis, MN
Police records ID suspected shooter wounded by Minneapolis officer in apartment building
Hours later, dozens of 911 calls flooded the Police Department. Callers reported shots fired inside the apartment building at 4:30 a.m. Saturday. They said they heard glass breaking and someone banging on doors.
As authorities helped dozens from the building, officers and SWAT members contained the shooter as he repeatedly fired an AK-47 rifle. At 5:33 a.m., an officer shot him. He was disarmed and taken to the hospital.
The suspect’s motive is unclear, but police said he was heavily armed. They recovered a shotgun, an AK-47, a .45-caliber handgun and a backpack filled with ammo. O’Hara said the man wore a military-style flak jacket, body armor that holds bullets while protecting its user from gunfire.
“We had the bomb squad come out to check the backpack because I was concerned it could be a boobytrap for first responders,” O’Hara said at the news conference.
Brad Nelson, the owner of Level 10 Management, the company that manages the 24-unit apartment building, said residents were allowed to return later Saturday.
He said he wasn’t aware of any previous calls to law enforcement in connection with the suspect and that property management is waiting to learn more about what happened from the police.
Minneapolis leaders are divided over whether to keep paying for ShotSpotter as the city weighs a new contract for the gunfire detection system.
A public hearing at City Hall focused on the technology as Minneapolis negotiates a new contract with SoundThinking, the company that provides ShotSpotter. Deputy Chief of Investigations Travis Riddle told the council the system supports gun violence strategies and can alert police no later than 60 seconds after shots are fired.
Critics at the hearing said the technology is not proven enough and argued the money could be spent in other ways. The proposed deal would cost $3.7 million through 2029 and would expand ShotSpotter into new areas of Minneapolis.
“We have actually had a contract with SoundThinking for their ShotSpotter services since 2014, and even with this technology for over 12 years now, MPD’s solve rates for homicides and non-fatal shootings were some of the worst in the country,” Council member Robin Wonsley said.
Council members pushed back on the long-term proposal and said they want a one-year deal instead. Council Member LaTrisha Vetaw disagreed with concerns raised by her colleague during the debate.
“In my opinion, and in folks I’ve heard from the North Side who have shown up here time and time again to say that we want this technology, we believe that ShotSpotter is a tool that the police use to save lives,” LaTrisha Vetaw said
City Council is set to take up the issue again on June 17. Minneapolis police are expected to return with a one-year contract instead of the three-year contract brought forward at the hearing.
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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.
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