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Trooper charged with murder in shooting of Ricky Cobb II
Minnesota State Patrol Trooper Ryan Londregan, 27, now faces three criminal counts as filed by the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office.
MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota State Trooper who shot and killed Ricky Cobb II during a traffic stop on Interstate 94 in July is now charged with murder.
On Wednesday, the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office filed 2nd-degree unintentional murder, 1st-degree assault and 2nd-degree manslaughter charges against Ryan Londregan, 27.
Trooper Brett Seidi pulled over Cobb on July 31, 2023, at 1:50 a.m. near Lowry Avenue because his tail lights weren’t on, according to the Department of Public Safety.
After making the traffic stop, troopers learned Cobb was wanted in Ramsey County in connection with a felony-level violation. Records show Cobb was in violation of a no-contact order.
Body camera video released by Minnesota State Patrol officials shows the troopers attempting to detain Cobb, who refused to exit the car.
Seidi, the trooper at the driver’s side, attempted to unbuckle Cobb’s seatbelt as Cobb’s hand moved to the gear-shifter, the video showed. Londregan fired from the open passenger door as the car lurched forward.
Troopers Seidi and Londregan received minor injuries after falling to the ground as the car pulled away. Cobb crashed about a quarter-mile away and was pronounced dead at the scene from the gunshot wound.
Londregan is the first officer to be charged by Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty since she was elected after running a campaign promising police accountability.
Moriarty’s office received the case from the BCA in September and began its review, which included retaining a use-of-force expert.
“The type of expert who examines evidence in nearly every case where an officer uses force. Their independent review is a critical part of our process. We selected this expert even before we received the completed investigation so that we could move forward with our work immediately upon receipt of the file,” Moriarty said in a September 2023 statement.
Moriarty also expressed disappointment in that statement that other state patrol troopers had not given voluntary statements to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA). Those troopers were questioned under oath as part of an investigative grand jury convened in December, sources confirmed to KARE 11 News.
The BCA said while processing Cobb’s car after the shooting, investigators found two cartridge casings, a cell phone and a handgun on the floor in the back seat, but added that at no point on the bodycam or car video was Cobb seen holding the firearm.
Minnesota law allows police officers to use deadly force “only when necessary in defense of human life or to prevent great bodily harm.” The statute also states:
- The use of deadly force by a peace officer in the line of duty is justified only if an objectively reasonable officer would believe, based on the totality of the circumstances known to the officer at the time and without the benefit of hindsight, that such force is necessary:
- (1) to protect the peace officer or another from death or great bodily harm, provided that the threat:
- (i) can be articulated with specificity;
- (ii) is reasonably likely to occur absent action by the law enforcement officer; and
- (2) to effect the arrest or capture, or prevent the escape, of a person whom the peace officer knows or has reasonable grounds to believe has committed or attempted to commit a felony and the officer reasonably believes that the person will cause death or great bodily harm to another person under the threat criteria in clause (1), items (i) to (iii), unless immediately apprehended.
- (b) A peace officer shall not use deadly force against a person based on the danger the person poses to self if an objectively reasonable officer would believe, based on the totality of the circumstances known to the officer at the time and without the benefit of hindsight, that the person does not pose a threat of death or great bodily harm to the peace officer or to another under the threat criteria in paragraph (a), clause (1), items (i) to (iii).
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Staff at Temple Israel in Minneapolis told police they received several phone calls from the individual on Sept. 11.
MINNEAPOLIS — On Friday a man was arrested for terroristic threats nearly a month after Minneapolis police received several phone calls threatening a local synagogue.
On Saturday, Oct. 5, Minneapolis police announced in a press release that a 21-year-old man was arrested and booked into the Hennepin County Jail for terroristic threats.
Police said this arrest was related to several phone calls on Sept. 11. Staff members told officers they got the calls from a person who threatened to “shoot up” Temple Israel. An investigation began immediately, officials said.
An officer providing a special security detail around the Temple was notified on Oct. 3 that a man was seen outside with a firearm. Officers said the man fled the area before police could arrest him.
Officials said the man spotted at the temple was the same man who made the threatening phone calls.
Members of the Southside REACT team found the man and arrested him for terroristic threats, police said.
“Everyone in Minneapolis has the right to feel safe in their communities, and we will ensure our Jewish neighbors are protected as they celebrate the holy days,” Chief O’Hara said in a statement. “We take all threats made against our religious institutions seriously, and will continue to hold the individuals accountable who threaten any of our city’s houses of worship. I am incredibly grateful for the work of investigators in this case for quickly responding to the threats and likely preventing a tragedy from occurring.”
At the beginning of September Chief O’Hara announced Minneapolis police would provide more security near Jewish synagogues for both the Jewish holy days and the anniversary of the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks.
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