KARE 11 Investigates: Innocent MN family held at gunpoint in SWAT no-knock warrant raid
Mother and child terrorized in bungled no-knock warrant raid. A KARE 11 investigation reveals Minneapolis police failed basic checks and hit the wrong address. Author: A.J. Lagoe, Steve Eckert Published: 6:57 PM CDT April 29, 2021 Updated: 8:55 PM CDT April 29, 2021
COON RAPIDS, Minn. “I was like waaaaa…” Bianca Mathias recalls screaming just after 6 o’clock on Thursday morning, Feb. 11.
She woke up to flashlights, firearms, and strange men in her Coon Rapids townhome.
“Two of them had their guns up,” she said, holding her arms in the air as if holding a rifle.
KARE 11 Investigates: Mayor Frey apologizes for no-knock raid, asks for investigation
Minneapolis mayor says botched no-knock raid on innocent family was an “obvious breakdown in process and horrible mistake” Author: A.J. Lagoe, Steve Eckert Published: 5:04 PM CDT April 30, 2021 Updated: 10:27 PM CDT April 30, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says he apologized Friday to the Coon Rapids woman whose home was mistakenly raided by a SWAT team at the request of Minneapolis police.
“This type of obvious breakdown in process and horrible mistake is unacceptable. Period,” Frey said in a written statement.
KARE 11 reported that Bianca Mathias and her 12-year-old daughter were held at gunpoint when authorities conducted a pre-dawn raid on their home in February – smashing through the front door and proceeding to bash in bedroom doors as they executed a no-knock warrant looking for an armed robbery suspect.