Suspect injured in exchange of gunfire with police in north Minneapolis
The incident happened Thursday morning on the city s North Side.
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12:30 P.M. UPDATE
Minneapolis Police Department has confirmed that the police shooting happened just after 8:20 a.m. in north Minneapolis.
Officers were alerted to a report of a gun pointing incident, and a minute or so later the suspect and vehicle was located. That led to an attempt to stop the driver, who fled and crashed at the intersection of N. Dowling and N. Vincent avenues.
Police described what happened next: At that location, gunfire was exchanged between the suspect and officers. The shooting stopped, and when safe to do so, officers deployed less lethal munitions. The suspect was taken into custody and transported to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. No officers were injured physically during this incident.
20-year-old suspect charged with carjacking, targeting five Minneapolis residents in one morning
The arrest was part of the multi-day crackdown on carjacking, a spokesperson for MPD said.
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A 20-year-old suspect has been charged with carjacking and using that stolen vehicle to rob several Minneapolis residents in little more than one hour.
Brandon L. Rock, of St. Paul, has been charged in Hennepin County District Court with five counts of first-degree aggravated robbery and one count of assault with a dangerous weapon.
Rock was one of 41 people arrested by authorities during a three-day carjacking crackdown by Minneapolis police, the Minnesota State Patrol and Hennepin County Sheriff s Office earlier this month, Minneapolis police spokesperson John Elder said.