Late night killing in downtown Minneapolis near Federal Reserve

From KARE 11: “Police say a homicide investigation is underway Monday night near the Federal Reserve in downtown Minneapolis.”

Paul Walsh at the Star Tribune reports: “An unlicensed driver purposely hit four pedestrians in crosswalks in two back-to-back crashes in south Minneapolis, and one of her victims was dragged beneath the vehicle and suffered fatal injuries, according to murder and assault charges filed Monday.”

Matthew Stolle at the Rochester Post Bulletin reports: “The man who took a video of a white woman hurling racial slurs toward a 5-year-old Black boy at a Rochester park said that he has been subject to daily death threats since the video went viral and that he has had to relocate his family to keep them safe.”

RELATED: Aaliyah Demry at KTTC reports: “Dozens of protesters are making their voices heard Monday following the circulation of a viral video, showing a woman reportedly making racist slurs to a child with autism at Soldiers Field Park. Protesters gathered outside Rochester’s city hall to march and urge authorities to press charges against the woman seen in the video.”

Nick Ferraro at the Pioneer Press reports: “A now-former Isanti police officer was sentenced to one year and one day in prison Monday for sending a lewd photo to his friend’s 13-year-old daughter through Snapchat and — after her friend saw it — telling her to say it was not his.”

FOX 9’s Paul Blume reports: “U of M grad student Dogukan Gunaydin has been behind bars for 40 days, and remains in jail, though an immigration judge has ruled he can’t be deported for a 2023 DUI arrest.”

From Bring Me the News: “The local nonprofit behind plans to open a Minnesota Latino Museum in St. Paul (says it will) continue on with their efforts despite losing a federal grant last week.”

From the staff at MPR News: “Minnesota poet Danez Smith was announced Monday as a finalist for the 2025 Pulitzer Prize in poetry. They received the recognition for their poetry book ‘Bluff,’ published by Graywolf Press in Minneapolis.”