Four people in a stolen car were arrested by authorities in south Minneapolis on Thursday afternoon.

The Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office said that a white Jeep reported as stolen out of Maple Grove was allegedly involved in multiple auto theft tampering and dangerous driving incidents earlier on Thursday.

In the late afternoon, the same car was involved in at least one incident involving guns being pointed at people, officials say.

The HCSO Violent Offender Task Force (VOTF) found the vehicle in the afternoon, and when detectives tried to stop it, the car drove away.

Authorities say the VOTF and Minnesota State Patrol successfully deployed stop sticks to disable the car. As the driver stopped and ran from the vehicle, a passenger got into the driver’s seat and hit the original driver before the car fully stopped.

A 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS photographer captured video of authorities processing the scene near Aldrich Avenue South and West 28th Street.

All four people were taken into custody, and two were brought to the hospital.

The sheriff’s office added that six guns were recovered at the scene.

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – The progressive wing of the Minneapolis City Council will keep its majority but lose its ability to override the mayor’s vetoes in its next term. The political makeup of the incoming council will likely allow Mayor Jacob Frey to avoid the kind of pushback on his power that shaped the last two years.

Mayor Frey will start third term without threat of veto-proof supermajority

What we know:

The progressive arm of the Minneapolis City Council lost a seat on Tuesday night when incumbent Katie Cashman lost her reelection bid in Ward 7 to newcomer and moderate Shelley Madore.

The loss of a progressive voice leaves that wing of the council without the ability to override a mayoral veto.

Council clashed with mayor, sometimes overrode vetoes

The backstory:

The progressive faction of the council took control after the 2023 election and occasionally found two additional votes to get the nine needed to override a mayoral veto. It wielded that power against the mayor nearly a half-dozen times since then, including in February 2024 to override a veto of a resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war; in March 2024 to override a veto of a measure to raise the minimum wage of rideshare drivers; in October 2024 to override a veto on carbon emissions fees; in December 2024 to override a veto on a $1.9 billion budget; and in February to override a veto of a proposal to study a pedestrian mall at George Floyd Square.

What they’re saying:

“The other part that we’re really focused on is trying to get consensus around public safety. It’s a really complicated issue, from support for law enforcement, a humanitarian response to homelessness and some of the addiction issues, livability issues that we have in our city,” said Adam Duininck, Minneapolis Downtown Council CEO. “The [Minneapolis] Downtown Council and the D.I.D. [Minneapolis Downtown Improvement District] respond to these issues as well as anybody, and trying to forge that consensus will hopefully be easier with the new city council.”

What’s next:

The incoming council will be sworn into office in January. It will be the first council in nearly a decade to serve a four-year term.