Carjacking Suspect Shot and Killed by Police in Burnsville
Burnsville, MN (KROC-AM News) - There was another deadly officer involved in the Twin Cities on Sunday.
The Burnsville Police Department issued a statement indicating a carjacking suspect was shot and killed in the vicinity of the interchange of I-35W and Highway 13 north of the Burnsville Center shopping mall around 3 PM. The person who was killed was described as a white male in his 20s and was transported to the Hennepin County Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
Burnsville police say, according to initial reports, officers encountered the suspect driving a vehicle with stolen license plates, and the motorist was involved in a crash. Soon after, police received reports the same man had carjacked a vehicle driven by a woman at gunpoint, which led to a police pursuit.
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(ABC 6 News) The Olmsted County Sheriff s Office is investigating a suspicious fire at an old granary in Oronoco Township.
It happed around 11:42 p.m. on Friday, April 16.
The person who spotted the fire told deputies they saw two vehicles leave the area in a hurry.
There s no word, yet, on the estimated damage amount.
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(ABC 6 News) Authorities said speed was a factor following a crash in New Haven Township on Friday.
Around 10:30 a.m. on April 16, the Olmsted County Sheriff s Office said 36-year-old Patrick Odom of Rochester was driving on 75th St. NW when his vehicle ran off the road. struck a driveway. went airborne and struck a tree.
The sheriff s office said Odom had to be pulled from the vehicle and was airlifted to Mayo Clinic Hospital, Saint Marys Campus with critical injuries.
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