Crime, Law and Justice

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.
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.
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.
Former police chief reflects on five years after George Floyd's murder
MPR News host Angela Davis talks with former Minneapolis police chief, Medaria Arradondo, about his book, “Chief Rondo: Securing Justice for the Murder of George Floyd.”
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.
Four dead, two injured in Minneapolis shootings that may be connected
Three people died and two others were seriously injured in a shooting late Tuesday in south Minneapolis. Just over 12 hours later, a man was fatally shot several blocks away, and authorities believe the two shootings may be connected.