Two inmates were charged this week in the 2022 Rice Street killing in St. Paul. Police say surveillance video, phone data and ballistic evidence linked them to the scene.

Court filings allege an 18-year-old Armstrong High student raped a classmate on campus during lunch on April 27–28; Plymouth police are investigating.

A linked-registry study found roughly 2% of violent-trauma patients at HCMC later became involved in homicides, highlighting emergency departments as potential prevention points.

Brooklyn Park police launched a K-9 and drone search after an armed robbery on the 7200 block of 76th Avenue North; no arrests have been reported.

A person was found unconscious after an early-morning assault near 63rd Avenue North. Police say suspects fled and remain at large.

A St. Paul man faces gross-misdemeanor charges after a toddler grabbed a handgun from a diaper bag during a traffic stop; police say the gun had six rounds.

A single-vehicle rollover on MN Highway 22 north of Litchfield late Wednesday left at least one person dead. Troopers say an unbelted occupant was involved; more details are expected from the state patrol.

A 16-year-old in Bemidji allegedly shot his parents and a bystander after losing cellphone privileges. Prosecutors have filed felony counts and a juvenile hearing is set.

A long investigation by a Central Minnesota task force ended with nine arrests and more than 2.5 pounds of cocaine seized in the St. Cloud area.

Five years after 6-year-old Aniya Allen was killed in north Minneapolis, her grandfather and community still press for answers as the case remains unsolved. Authorities hope tips will break the file.

A judge sentenced Mickiah Latrell Jackson to 40 years after a jury convicted him in the April 30, 2025, south Minneapolis shooting that killed Derrick Lamont Ewing.

A late-night blaze on Main Street in Sauk Centre damaged multiple businesses and apartments after an officer discovered flames just before midnight; no injuries were reported.

A crash near Manbeck Island on Lake Vermilion tossed boaters into the water Tuesday night; one person died and three were hospitalized.