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Original Publication Date October 15, 2021 - 11:26 PM

BC-ND-CONSTRUCTION FATALITY

Minnesota woman killed in North Dakota construction accident

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A road construction worker was killed in the eastern North Dakota community of Cooperstown when she was struck by a dump truck. The Highway Patrol says the truck was backing up to pour asphalt on the roadway when it hit the 50-year-old woman from Odessa, Minnesota. She was pronounced dead at the scene about 5 p.m. Thursday. Her name wasn’t immediately released. The patrol is continuing to investigate.

BC-MN-WALZ-PHEASANT OPENER

Gov. Walz bags a bird during Minnesota's pheasant opener

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Gov. Tim Walz says he bagged a pheasant on Saturday during Minnesota’s 2021 pheasant hunting opener. Walz hunted on private land in Kandiyohi County. He was hosted by Kevin Ochsendorf and Brad Hanson, both longtime pheasant hunters in the Willmar area. Also joining the hunt were George “Corky” Berg, of the Kandiyohi County Board of Commissioners; Mateo Engan, from the Willmar High School Trap Team; and Nathan Rohne, of Kandiyohi County Pheasants Forever. Walz said their four-legged hunting partners, Rayna and Hook, helped him bag his rooster.

MURDER SUSPECT-SUICIDE

Man suspected in 2 murders kills himself near Cloquet

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man suspected of murdering two other men shot himself to death off a rural road west of Cloquet, after a state trooper stopped him for questioning. Authorities said the man confessed to the murders to a dispatcher while he was being pursued by the trooper early Saturday. A state trooper spotted a vehicle driving away from the scene where two man were found dead. The driver refused to stop for the trooper, leading to a chase that ended when his vehicle skidded into a ditch just west of Cloquet. It was then that the suspect shot himself.

WORKER KILLED

Worker killed at paper recycling facility in Minneapolis

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A worker has died at a paper recycling facility in Minneapolis after suffering injuries involving heavy machinery. Simon Barrera Merino was injured about 1:40 a.m. Tuesday at Pioneer Industries International. Merino suffered head and chest injuries from a “workplace injury involving a forklift.” He was declared dead at the scene. Authorities have not offered specifics about how the injuries occurred.

TASK-FORCE-SHOOTING-MINNEAPOLIS

Family of man killed by Minnesota deputies demands new probe

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The family of a Black man shot to death by a U.S. Marshals task force wants a new investigation into the shooting after prosecutors decided not to file any charges. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports Winston Smith Jr.'s family says officers at the scene were never interviewed and submitted only written statements. A state Department of Public Safety spokesman says the agency can't compel anyone to submit to an interview in a criminal investigation. Task force members shot Smith in a Minneapolis parking ramp on June 3 as they tried to detain him for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Prosecutors announced Monday they would not file any charges, saying Smith initiated a confrontation.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-MINNESOTA

Walz to deploy National Guard to help ease COVID-19 surge

ROBBINSDALE, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Tim Walz says he'll use the Minnesota National Guard to help alleviate staffing shortages at care facilities that are struggling with the surge in COVID-19 cases. The governor announced plans Friday at North Memorial Health Hospital in Robbinsdale for alleviating bottlenecks caused by staffing shortages that prevent hospitals from moving recovering patients to transitional and long-term care facilities. More than 400 Minnesota hospital patients are waiting for beds to open up at other care centers. Walz says the number of Guard soldiers who will be deployed to help out and their exact roles have yet to be determined.

FATAL HIGHWAY SHOOTING

Chicago man indicted for 1st-degree murder in highway death

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Chicago man accused of fatally shooting another man in the head on a Minnesota highway after an apparent road-rage incident has been indicted on a first-degree murder charge. Thirty-three-year-old Jamal Smith had already been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the July death of 56-year-old Jay Boughton. In Minnesota, the count of premeditated first-degree murder must be charged by a grand jury; Smith will face a mandatory life sentence if convicted. Smith's attorney was out of the office Friday and did not immediately return an email message seeking comment.

MINNEAPOLIS SHOOTINGS

6 shot in 3 separate Minneapolis incidents within 45 minutes

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Six people were shot and injured in Minneapolis in three separate incidents that occurred within 45 minutes of each other. The shootings happened Thursday night. The first happened at 9:06 p.m. on the 1800 block of Lowry Avenue. Police arrived to find a man on the ground who appeared to be shot. The second shooting happened at 9:25 p.m. on the 2000 block of 3rd Avenue South. One man had been shot. At 9:46 p.m., police got multiple 911 calls about shots fired on the 800 block of Franklin Avenue East. Four men were shot in that incident. The medical conditions of the victims were not immediately known.

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