Woman fatally shot, man wounded, in their Hamline-Midway home; police investigate

04/25/2010
http://www.twincities.com/news/ci_14957077?source=rss

A St. Paul man told police today that his gun went off as he struggled with an intruder in their home this morning, killing his wife and wounding him.

Minneapolis Crime Highlights April 13---April 19, 2010

ROBPAG

42XX Humboldt Ave N      Saturday       4/17/10                 2007 hrs                                    10-106520

Victims were at home when unknown S1 & S2, BM’s, 19-21 yrs, came to the house & attempted to buy some weed.  V1/BF, 43 yrs, stated she didn’t have any & suspects pulled out black guns & pointed them at her, demanding weed & money.  Suspects searched the house after ordering V1 upstairs & taking her cell phone, so she couldn’t phone police.  Suspects fled after finding nothing.  No injuries.  Suspects GOA.

Police: Men Use Machete In Hudson Assault

Apr 21, 2010

http://wcco.com/local/machete.assault.hudson.2.1647478.html

Two men from Hudson, Wis. are in jail, accused of breaking into a home, assaulting a man with a machete and injuring a woman.

I realize Hudson isn't technically in Minnesota.

Minneapolis Police Precinct 4 (Sector 3) Update Last weeks update(4/6/2010)

4/6/2010

http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/police/crime-statistics/

15XX Plymouth Ave N               Tuesday         3/30/10             1645 hrs                         10-086794

V1/BF, 31 yrs, borrowed money from a neighbor to buy ice cream for her children, stating she would pay her back.  S1/BM, 17-19 yrs, overheard this, & probably assumed V1 had money.  S1 knocked on V1’s door, brandishing a small serrated kitchen knife, demanding money.   S1 stabbed V1 twice in the stomach, stole her purse, & ran out the door.  V1 transported to the hospital.  S1was gone on arrival.   

 

Burglars flee when police called

April 6, 2010

http://www.sctimes.com/article/20100406/NEWS01/104060028/-1/RSSTOP

St. Cloud police are looking for the suspects who entered a north side residence late Monday but left when the occupants called police.

Nobody was injured in the burglary, which happened at about 8:35 p.m. in the 700 block of 26th Avenue North. The residents there reported that two or three people forced their way in and fled when police were called.

School locked down after Hopkins home invasion

04/05/2010

http://kaaltv.com/article/stories/S1499256.shtml?cat=10151

A home invasion led officials to lock down a school in the Twin Cities west metro Monday evening.

Neighbors reported seeing two men enter a home on Van Buren Avenue South in Hopkins around 5:45 p.m. Then they heard screaming.

Police seek 3 in invasion of Golden Valley home

April 1, 2010

http://www.startribune.com/local/west/89743422.html?elr=KArksi8cyaiUHK:uUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU

About 9 p.m. Tuesday, police responded to a report of a home invasion in the 4500 block of Douglas Avenue. Residents there told police that three black men entered the home through an unlocked door, "used force against the residents and demanded money," according to a information bulletin sent to Neighborhood Watch members.

The suspects had fled by the time police arrived. However, a search of the surrounding area with help from a police dog turned up loaded guns the robbers apparently discarded, the bulletin said.