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Police say a 7-year-old girl was struck by a bullet and an 11-year-old boy was grazed by gunfire. Neither wound is thought to be life-threatening.

MINNEAPOLIS — Two children inside an apartment were struck by bullets during a shooting incident on the north side of Minneapolis early Wednesday. 

Police spokesman Officer Garrett Parten says squads were dispatched to the intersection of Emerson Avenue North and North 30th Avenue just after 3:30 a.m. after a ShotSpotter activation alerting them to gunfire. When officers arrived they found a 7-year-old girl that had been shot and an 11-year-old boy who was grazed by a bullet. The children were inside a duplex apartment when they were struck. 

Both children were taken to North Memorial Medical Center with injuries thought to be non-life threatening. 

Anthony James says he lives in the same duplex as the kids who were shot.

“My reaction was, ‘Woah, it could have been one of my kids getting hit by the bullet,’” said James.

Video from the scene shows about two dozen evidence markers on the street outside the apartment, suggesting a barrage of bullets was fired from outside the residence. MPD forensic technicians gathered and processed evidence while investigators attempted to locate and question potential witnesses. 

James’ 16-year-old son, Tylan Manuel, was one of five kids who were in James’ unit when he said multiple bullet holes entered his family’s home — one of which, was just feet away from his bedroom.

“It’s crazy,” he said. “It could have been me or my family.”

During a media briefing Wednesday afternoon, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said preliminary information indicates the shooting is not random in nature, but insisted that the children were not the target. He said that investigators will do everything they can to bring those responsible to justice, and vowed to continue efforts to make sure families in Minneapolis are protected and safe. 

“It is absolutely outrageous when children are victimized by those who have no concern for the sanctity of human life,” he reflected. 

The chief told reporters that efforts by his department and community outreach groups are making a difference, saying that in 2023 there are 120 fewer gunshot victims than at the same point last year, and 158 fewer than in 2021. That being said, O’Hara told reporters that “any instance of gun violence in the community is totally unacceptable, and it cannot be normalized in our thinking.” 

Anyone with information on the shooting or those who may be responsible is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or submit tips electronically on the CrimeStoppers website

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Remains of Korean War solider from Minneapolis to buried

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The U.S. Army says 19-year-old William E. Colby was reported missing in action on Dec. 2, 1950. His remains were identified just this year using DNA technology.

MINNEAPOLIS — Nearly 74 years to the day since he was officially deemed Missing in Action during the Korean war, a Minneapolis soldier finally reached his final resting place. 

The burial at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, which came with full military honors, brought closure to the family of Army Corporal William Colby, but it couldn’t bring back the family – and memories – that have long since passed.

“I was little,” said Jinny Bouvette, Corporal Colby’s cousin, who is also among the few surviving family members who ever met him. “We were about nine years difference when he joined the service, I was ten.” 

For years, Bouvette says her memories of her cousin Billy, were always clouded by sadness by what happened just months after he deployed to fight in the Korean War. 

Colby was just 19 years old and serving in the Korean War when he was declared missing in action on Dec. 2, 1950, after his unit was attacked by the Chinese People’s Army as they attempted to withdraw from the Chosin Reservoir. 

“They figure that’s where Billy was,” Bouvette said, pointing to a green circle on a printed map of the Chosin Reservoir. “That’s where he was the last time that he was reported (alive).”

The young soldier could not be recovered following the battle, and the U.S. Army issued a presumptive finding of death on Dec. 31, 1953.  

“We never thought of him as being killed in action, we always thought of him as just missing,” Bouvette said. “My aunt, she always thought he was alive somewhere.” 

His fate was finally confirmed for family members by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency on May 2, 2024, after Colby’s remains were identified from 55 boxes of remains returned to the U.S. by the North Korean government in 2018. 

The process required a DNA analysis of his remains and a sample from a living relative before it could be matched and verified.

Bouvette says representatives initially tried to reach her, but it wasn’t until learning that her aunt and cousin had submitted those DNA samples that she realized what was happening.

“At first I thought they were just people trying to scam old people, and I wouldn’t answer them,” she said, with a laugh. “But eventually, that’s how I found out that he was really, really gone.”

Just a few months later, the Army’s Past Conflict Repatriations Branch helped return his remains, along with a jacket adorned with a full accounting of his honors.

“He didn’t get them when he was alive,” Bouvette said. “So I told them to put them in the casket with him, so he’s got them now.”

She did decide to hold on to one of his awards for herself, Colby’s Purple Heart.

“I just can’t tell you what it feels like,” she said, looking at the military medal in her hand. “It fills your heart right up. It just fills your heart right up.”

Yet it can’t quite compare to seeing his procession finally reach its end.

“My heart is so full… it is overflowing,” she said. “I just can’t… I have no words. I’m just glad that he’s here, and to know he’s home now. He’s home.” 



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Minnesota Supreme Court hears arguments in transgender athlete case

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JayCee Cooper filed a lawsuit against USA Powerlifting after the organization banned her from participating in women’s competitions.

SAINT PAUL, Minn. — The conversation inside the Minnesota State Capitol on Tuesday was focused on sports, but a different type of competition was taking place inside the court chambers. Two opposing sides are vying for the Minnesota Supreme Court to rule in their favor in the case of Cooper v. USA Powerlifting.

Transgender woman and athlete JayCee Cooper filed discrimination charges with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights in 2019 after USA Powerlifting banned her from participating in women’s competitions. In 2021, Cooper filed a lawsuit against USA Powerlifting. 

The lawsuit claims USA Powerlifting’s ban on transgender women is “an outlier among international, national and local sports organizations,” pointing to the International Olympic Committee’s framework regarding inclusion of athletes and their gender identities. 

The case made its way through the state’s courts over several years before landing in the hands of the Minnesota Supreme Court. Oral arguments took place Tuesday morning, in which Cooper was represented by Gender Justice attorney Christy Hall and USA Powerlifting was represented by attorney Ansis Viksnins.

Gender Justice is a legal nonprofit organization based in St. Paul. In a press conference Tuesday morning, the organization’s legal director Jess Braverman said USA Powerlifting is violating Cooper’s rights under the Minnesota Human Rights Act.

“Every Minnesotan deserves the freedom to pursue their dreams without fear of exclusion or discrimination,” Braverman said. “Ms. Cooper was denied that right, solely because she is transgender.”

Viksnins, the attorney representing USA Powerlifting, said Cooper was excluded from women’s competitions due to her biological sex, not gender identity. “It’s not discrimination based on gender identity. That’s the problem for Ms. Cooper’s case: that the differentiation here was because of her biological sex, not for gender identity.”

In 2021, USA Powerlifting launched its MX category, providing a separate division for athletes of all gender identities. “It doesn’t solve the problem of transgender women being barred from women’s competitions, which is the issue here,” Braverman said.

There is no clear timeline as to when the Supreme Court will makes its decision on the case.



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Demolition coming this weekend for Kellogg Bridge

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The portion of the Kellogg-Third Street Bridge over I-94 is coming down.

ST PAUL, Minn. — The portion of the Kellogg-Third Street Bridge over I-94 is coming down this weekend. 

Demolition started in August but they’ve been doing one section at a time. MnDOT says to expect jackhammering around the clock. 

City engineers first noticed cracks in its supports in 2014 and limited its capacity. But it’s taken 10 years for the city to come up with the $91 million it will take to build a new one, and it won’t be finished until 2027. 

I-94 will be closed this weekend between 35E and Highway 61 in St. Paul.



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