NEW: St. Paul police say they were searching for Mychel Allan Stowers when officers fatally shot a man today in the West 7th neighborhood. They can't say if the man was Stowers but say he was armed with a handgun. https://t.co/61GkVg0NG4
NEW: Before shooting, Minneapolis man John Sawchak terrorized neighbors for 15 years in his neighborhood, @walshpj and @ByLizSawyer report https://t.co/FUWrFz3D4k
So far this year, Mpls is averaging 24 car thefts per day, on pace to blow past last year's record. In contrast, St. Paul is down 32% from last year. Me and @JeffHargarten chopped up the data and talked to victims and police about what's happening here https://t.co/cTDoeLVAMs
"They were about to celebrate their 7th wedding anniversary in August," a GoFundMe posting read. "Emily would have celebrated her 35th birthday later this month. She was busy planning the party for Eleanor's upcoming 3rd birthday this month as well."
MPD Police Union Prez Sherrall Schmidt says Chief O'Hara lied when he said he hadn't known about Timberlake. Sherall says O'Hara was in fact in Timberlake's final job interview and told him "he would be okay if he did good work." Story: https://t.co/D4eb0i2yUI
NEW: Minneapolis has "separated" ties with police officer Tyler Timberlake. Timberlake's hiring in January prompted backlash after revelations he'd TASERed a man w/o provocation as a Virginia officer, in a video that made nat'l news. Story here: https://t.co/D4eb0i2yUI
NEW ... Peril behind the video: Man dives into open SUV window on I-94, flashes gun at driver and gets away https://t.co/lnIEUUpWCk WATCH HERE: https://t.co/8llEPxkAcc
This disturbing piece, by @AndrewMannix & @reneejon, is one of the best pieces of investigative narrative writing you’ll ever read. Bonus: @StarTribune took down paywall for this story. Take some time this weekend and read it.
NEW: 2 yrs ago, I set out to learn everything about Heather Mayer, a popular figure in the local BDSM scene whose death was never solved. The reporting took me and @reneejon across the country chasing allegations of a serial abuser in the BDSM community. Read the investigation:
Police called Heather Mayer's hanging death a suicide, but her mother believed there was more to it. As she set out to find the truth, more women came forward with allegations of assault in the Twin Cities bondage community. https://t.co/PhbjUktyzZ
Nicholas Kimball, spokesman for the Hennepin County Attorney's Office, said today that family members "are right that this sentence does not make up for that loss, but it is the sentence the law provides for the crime the defendant committed."