Twin Cities Somali Activist Abdirizak Bihi Attacked In Minneapolis Carjacking
Police are investigating two carjackings in Minneapolis that happened late Monday afternoon, one of which targeted a prominent community activist.
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Police are investigating two carjackings in Minneapolis that happened late Monday afternoon, one of which targeted a prominent community activist.
The victim told us the car jacking happened in Uptown just after midnight Saturday when a group of individuals held him at gun point and robbed him.
Authorities say three people have been arrested in connection to a police pursuit of a stolen vehicle in the north metro Saturday afternoon.
Minneapolis police are looking for an armed carjacker who stole a man's vehicle Sunday evening.
Police say a 3-year-old child is safe after a carjacker stole a vehicle they were in Tuesday afternoon in north Minneapolis.
The Robbinsdale Police Department responded to a report of a car theft with a child inside.
A 48-year-old man is charged with criminal vehicular operation in Monday's carjacking rampage in south Minneapolis that sent two teenage siblings to the hospital.
Both victims were taken to Hennepin Healthcare with non-life threatening injuries.
Police say a man was arrested Sunday evening after he allegedly stole a vehicle and crashed multiple times in Minneapolis.
The search is on for a man responsible for a carjacking early Monday morning in Moorhead.
A 16-year-old boy has been arrested in connection to a carjacking and shooting that resulted in two teens being shot, according to Anoka County officials.
The Anoka County Sheriff's Office said Tuesday that an investigation shows there is a prior relationship between the victims and suspects.
The search is on for a man who shot two teenagers during a carjacking early Monday morning in Columbia Heights.
Authorities say a 31-year-old Minneapolis man was arrested Thursday after an apparent carjacking in Edina.
A carjacking incident in central Minnesota ended in a fatal officer-involved shooting Monday morning.
A driver crashed into a north Minneapolis restaurant early Saturday morning, just moments after stealing the vehicle. Minneapolis Police say the crash happened at about 4:15 a.m. at Tooties On Lowry on the 2700 block of Lowry Avenue North.
The Hennepin County Attorney's office charged two young men with robbery and possession of a gun after a carjacking Thursday in Minneapolis. Seventeen-year-old Cortinez Powell and 18-year-old Justyn Hosley (pictured above) were with two other men when police approached them in a stolen vehicle in a fast food drive thru in north Minneapolis.
Two men are in jail and two more are on the run after an armed carjacking and kidnapping in south Minneapolis. It happened Thursday around 4:00 a.m. when a man reported to police that he had been carjacked at gunpoint by four men.
A carjacking at St. Cloud State University was denied Friday evening when the victim refused to comply with the perpetrator's demands.
Fargo police have arrested a suspect in a bank robbery, carjacking and kidnapping case in the neighboring Minnesota city of Moorhead. The 52-year-old Fargo man was taken into custody Tuesday evening at a south Fargo motel.
A man is in custody on several charges after an alleged carjacking in Sioux Falls. Police say the 36-year-old man fled on foot from the scene of a vehicle crash about 8:40 p.m. Sunday. They say he eventually assaulted a man in a parking lot, stole the man's car and then assaulted a woman who was still inside the car.
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Four people are in custody after a carjacking. It started on the east side of St. Paul at 4th and Germaine just before 1:20 a.m.
A Department of Corrections (DOC) fugitive was charged Friday with first-degree aggravated robbery, second-degree assault and fleeing police in a motor vehicle after a crime spree Thursday night in the Twin Cities. According to Minneapolis Police, 39-year-old Brandon Stark approached four people with a knife late Thursday night in Minneapolis. The crime spree ended with Stark crashing a stolen car in St. Paul during a police chase.
Minneapolis Police say that a man was shot in a carjacking incident in New Hope early Friday morning.
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