Highway 100 in Edina reopens after being closed due to standoff
Updated: 7:35 p.m. | Posted: 2 p.m.
A stretch of Highway 100 and some city streets in Edina were closed for several hours Saturday as police negotiated with a suspect in a crashed vehicle.
The State Patrol reported that Highway 100 had reopened to traffic as of 2:25 p.m. Authorities said the standoff ended peacefully, with the suspect — a 48-year-old St. Paul man — in custody.
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Edina city officials reported in a news release that police responded at 9:36 a.m. to a call from a visitor to Bredesen Park, reporting two people sleeping in a running pickup truck.
"Upon arrival, officers awoke the people and initiated a conversation. The passenger got out of the vehicle. The driver became agitated, reversed the four-door Chevy pickup truck and repeatedly rammed two squad cars to exit the park," the news release reported.
Officers pursued the suspect vehicle until it crashed while attempting to go from Vernon Avenue to southbound Highway 100.
Authorities said the driver "attempted to back up and then hit another squad car. Other police vehicles pinned the pickup truck, but the driver refused to exit the vehicle. He threatened officers, saying he had a weapon."
Officers negotiated with the man. Officials said that as a safety precaution, Highway 100 was closed between Excelsior Boulevard and Highway 62. Parts of Vernon Avenue, Eden Avenue, Grange Road and Arcadia Avenue also were closed.
The driver exited the truck and was taken into custody shortly after 2 p.m.; he was transported to the Hennepin County Jail.
Authorities said the truck was reported stolen in January from a lawn maintenance company in Rosemount.