Crime, Law and Justice

The starting bid for Minneapolis artist seangarrison’s “Walking on Air,” which he painted outside the Hennepin County Government Center, is $150,000. The sale will benefit Youth Link MN and the Minnesota African American Heritage Museum and Gallery, as well as the Equal Justice Initiative in Alabama.

Attorneys for the three former Minneapolis police officers charged with aiding and abetting Derek Chauvin in the murder of George Floyd are expected to argue that their clients had not been trained to intervene when a fellow officer uses too much force. Now, the department is adopting a training program designed to do just that.

Antoine Darnique Suggs, 38, previously charged with allegedly hiding the bodies of four people in a Wisconsin cornfield, now faces four counts of second-degree murder.

The Minnesota Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the third-degree murder conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor won’t change the cases against the three former officers charged in George Floyd’s death.

Police say two students have been wounded in a shooting at a Virginia high school and a suspect is in custody. Newport News police Chief Steve Drew said Monday that a boy was shot in the face at Heritage High School, and a girl was shot in the leg.

Four Twin Cities-area residents found shot to death in an abandoned SUV in rural Wisconsin were killed in St. Paul, St. Paul police said Monday as they announced they were taking over as lead investigators. Two suspects are in custody.

A student opened fire at a university in Russia, leaving six people dead and 28 hurt, before being shot in a crossfire with police and detained. Beyond saying that he was a student, authorities offered no further information on his identity or a possible motive.

A July crash that was allegedly intentional is the only bias-linked crime reported by Cold Spring police this year, according to records provided to the St. Cloud Times. Property damage on May 4 and May 10 allegedly involving the same suspect and the same family were not reported to the BCA.

A new MPR News/Star Tribune/KARE 11/FRONTLINE Minnesota Poll shows Minneapolis voters have mixed opinions about Mayor Jacob Frey and the city council weeks before a key election.

Minneapolis police said at least 11 people were wounded in seven separate shootings in the city from early Saturday through early Sunday.