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Officials asking for public’s help finding missing 11-year-old
Mohammed is Black and stands 4’6″ and was last seen wearing only a diaper, according to the report.
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — The Eden Prairie Police and Fire departments are asking the public to help find a missing child with autism.
According to the EPPD, 11-year-old Mohammed Mohammed is nonverbal and hasn’t been seen since 5:15 p.m. on Sunday evening.
Mohammed stands 4’6″ and was last seen wearing only a diaper, according to the report.
The agencies have mobilized multiple search teams, drone and K-9 units to find the boy, but are asking anyone with information on where he may be to call 911.
This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.
MINNEAPOLIS — As the Lynx battled it out in New York for a chance to win their fifth ring, fans rallied behind them back home at viewing parties across the Twin Cities.
The Riverview Theater in South Minneapolis had to turn people away after more than 700 people showed up for a watch party.
Meanwhile in St. Paul, Black Hart hosted an outdoor viewing party with a big jumbo screen for fans.
A Bar of Their Own in Minneapolis is the perfect place to watch the Lynx game! John and I got to cheer on the Lynx with owner Jillian and her wife Megan and so many great fans. pic.twitter.com/mBN5QZ1iXS
— Amy Klobuchar (@amyklobuchar) October 21, 2024
Even Senator Amy Klobuchar was out in Minneapolis at A Bar of Their Own with the owners. The woman’s sports bar has been the spot for many watch parties throughout the playoffs.
Images from Edina City Hall show an unattended van with a back filled with ballot boxes on Friday, Oct. 18.
EDINA, Minn. — With the election only a few weeks away, ballot security is top of mind for officials. An alert photographer shared an image of a lapse in security in a metro suburb on Friday, leading to swift action from Hennepin County.
In a post to social media, the City of Edina shared an image of a silver van with an open trunk hatch and boxes of ballots stacked inside.
Hennepin County issued a statement following the incident, acknowledging the lapse in protocol and calling it “unacceptable.” The county said the driver was terminated.
“Election security is of utmost importance, and leaving ballots unattended is simply unacceptable,” Hennepin County Auditor Daniel Rogan said in a statement.” Hennepin County is reinforcing its transfer protocols with county staff and vendors. An incident like this underscores the value of strong chain-of-custody processes so that risk can be addressed and integrity can be verified.”
County officials said all expected ballots have been accounted for and found no evidence of tampering. Part of the routine ballot integrity process occurring with every ballot transfer includes comparing ballots received with the Statewide Voter Registration System for absentee ballots accepted by cities. Officials said the comparison on these ballots was 100%.
County staff inspected individually sealed ballots and determined they were still in sealed condition. This inspection is also part of the routine election integrity process, officials said.
Officials did not know on Sunday morning if the courier’s other deliveries were affected.
To track the status of your absentee ballot online, visit mnvotes.gov.
Officers said preliminary information shows the fatal shooting may be connected to a nearby carjacking.
ST PAUL, Minn. — St. Paul police said a woman was found dead in an apartment in the city’s North End Saturday in a shooting that could be related to another crime committed that night.
Officials said emergency dispatchers got a call just after 9 p.m. reporting shots fired in an apartment building in the 100 block of East Sycamore Street. The caller said someone had been shot.
Police said they found a female victim with gunshot wounds when they arrived. St. Paul officers gave the woman first aid until St. Paul fire medics pronounced the woman dead at the scene.
The Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s Office will autopsy the woman and provide more information about her identity in the coming days.
While officers were investigating the apartment, a person waved down a responding sergeant nearby, in the 90 block of East Acker Street. They reported a carjacking where a male victim was shot in the hip area and a suspect fled in the victim’s vehicle.
The victim was taken to Regions Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
Preliminary information shows the carjacking and the woman fatally are connected, but officials said more investigation is needed to confirm the connection.
“Right now I think we all believe, based on time, based on distance, that these cases could be related. But our investigators can’t work off of circumstance, they need facts. And it’s going to take time to determine those facts,” Ernster said at an overnight media availability.
No arrests have been announced as of Sunday morning.
Police ask anyone with information to call officials at (651) 266-5650.
