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Fourth victim killed in Minneapolis shootings identified

Fourth victim killed in Minneapolis shootings identified

The fourth victim in a Minneapolis shooting on Tuesday has been identified by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s office. LeRas Francis Rainey, 28, of Minneapolis, died on Thursday.
by MPR News Staff

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Victims in quadruple homicide identified; suspect arrested and charged

Victims in quadruple homicide identified; suspect arrested and charged

The Hennepin County Medical Examiner identified three of the victims Friday. Joseph Douglas Goodwin, 17, of Minneapolis, Merelle Joan White, 20, of Red Lake, and Evan Ramon Denny, 27, of St. Paul died of gunshot wounds around midnight on Tuesday near 25th Street East and Bloomington Avenue.
by Estelle Timar-Wilcox, Melissa Olson and Matt Sepic

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Minneapolis police announce arrest in Tuesday quadruple homicide

Minneapolis police announce arrest in Tuesday quadruple homicide

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said an FBI SWAT team and a U.S. Marshals Service task force arrested a suspect Thursday afternoon in connection with a shooting this week that left four people dead and another with life-threatening injuries. O’Hara said the man was taken into custody near the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood.
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Minnesota trooper charged with making child sex abuse images

Minnesota trooper charged with making child sex abuse images

Federal prosecutors on Thursday charged a Minnesota state trooper with producing child sex abuse images. Trooper Jeremy Francis Plonski, 29, is charged with one count of producing child pornography.
by Matt Sepic

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Minneapolis Native community mourns victims of gunfire

Minneapolis Native community mourns victims of gunfire

Dozens of Minneapolis Native residents and city officials gathered in a park Thursday morning to grieve six people killed in shootings over the previous two days. Police believe at least four of the people killed were Native.
by Chandra Colvin and Estelle Timar-Wilcox

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Woman’s indecent exposure conviction overturned by Minnesota Supreme Court

Woman’s indecent exposure conviction overturned by Minnesota Supreme Court

The Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned the conviction of a woman who exposed her breasts in a Rochester parking lot in 2021. Olmsted County prosecutors charged Eloisa R. Plancarte with a misdemeanor after Rochester police responded to a complaint about a woman walking around topless near a gas station.
by Matt Sepic

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