Violent crime Is crippling Minnesota Follow Us Recommended Question of the Day Posing for a photo with McGruff the Crime Dog are, from left, Damien Foss, Mia Foss and Sophia Foss, all of Pottsville, Pa., during Pottsville Night Out on North Centre Street in downtown Pottsville, Pa., on Tuesday evening, Aug. 3, ... more > ANALYSIS/OPINION: The city of Shakopee, Minnesota, is a relatively quiet suburban community of 40,000 people that lies about 17 miles southwest of Minneapolis. Last week, in broad daylight, the community’s tranquility was shattered when a 55-year-old woman was brutally murdered on a city street in broad daylight and, according to gruesome footage circulated on social media, beheaded.