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St. Paul police release body camera footage of shooting of Lowertown homicide suspect
Murdock continues to ask the officers, “Why did you shoot me?”
The officers turn Murdock onto his stomach and place him in handcuffs. As the officers begin asking him, “Where were you hit, buddy?” Murdock does not respond as the officers pull the sweatshirt up on his torso. The officers then yell for medics to be brought in. Murdock was airlifted to HCMC in Minneapolis, where he died from his injuries.
Along with the footage, St. Paul police sent out a news release, in which St. Paul Police Chief Axel Henry said it’s a “very sad time for our city and the families of those impacted by the loss of a loved one.”
“We stand committed to being transparent and accountable for our actions and we hope the release of these videos will help answer some of the questions people have,” Henry said. “The families, our community, and our officers will continue to be our priority as this independent investigation moves forward.”
The Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is conducting an investigation into the shooting of Murdock. Asked about why officers decided to fire, spokesperson Jill Oliveira said “any information about motive is part of the BCA’s active investigation.”
Dan Feehan, a surrogate for the Harris-Walz campaign, narrowly lost a congressional race to replace Walz in the House in 2018 to GOP Rep. Jim Hagedorn. He said the first call his family got the morning after that election came from Gwen Walz, who asked about Feehan and his wife, Amy, and invited them to visit.
“This is the chance for the rest of the country to know who he is as a person,” Feehan said.
DFLers were in high spirits as the night kicked off. “We are going to kick butt in this debate and then moonwalk out of here!” State Sen. Nick Frentz, DFL-North Mankato, said to a cheering audience before the debate.
When the back-and-forth commenced, attendees at the Democratic event clapped as Walz attacked Trump over Iran’s nuclear weapon capabilities and booed when Vance critiqued the President Joe Biden administration’s stance on Iran. Applause erupted when Walz said, “We trust women; we trust doctors,” while boos rang out as Vance talked about earning trust on abortions.
Attendees at the Republican event jeered when Walz spoke about his stances on health care and immigration policy. Annette Pruitt-Rogers, who came to Mankato from Le Sueur, Minn., yelled “Don’t go there!” when Walz quoted a Bible verse on stage. She said she disapproved of Walz’s invocation of scripture, calling it a touchy subject because she opposes his stances on same-sex marriage and abortion.
Walz and Vance debated at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York, with no audience.
Gov. Tim Walz got the first question Tuesday night in the only vice presidential debate with Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, and came out looking nervous when asked whether the United States should back a pre-emptive military strike by Israel on Iran.
Neither Walz nor Vance answered that question with a direct answer, although both agreed the United States must support Israel.
“What’s fundamental here is that steady leadership is going to matter,” Walz said, saying that former President Donald Trump is seen as “fickle” on the world stage. He brought up last month’s presidential debate, saying that when it comes to stability, a “nearly 80-year-old Donald Trump talking about crowd sizes is not that.”
In his response to the Israel question, Vance also talked about support for Israel and described Trump as a leader who delivered stability. “I know that a lot of you are worried about the chaos in the world and the feeling that the American dream is unattainable,” the senator said.
Vance and Walz shook hands on the stage before the debate began and as expected, the freshman senator appeared much more comfortable and polished than the second-term Minnesota governor. Whether intentional or accidental, Vance mispronounced the governor’s last name throughout the 90-minute discussion, calling him “Waltz” and occasionally referring to him simply as Tim.
Walz grew more comfortable when the debate turned to domestic issues with a question to Vance about whether and how a Trump administration would carry out the promised mass deportations, separating parents in the country illegally from children born in the United States.
Vance said, “The people that I’m most worried about in Springfield, Ohio, are the American citizens who’ve had their lives destroyed by Kamala Harris’ open border policy.”
Walz faulted Trump for encouraging his allies in Congress to spike a deal for border patrol reinforcements. “This is what happens when you don’t want to solve it, you demonize it,” he said.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday that it spotted two Russian ships and two Chinese vessels passing through the Bering Sea in formation on Saturday, in a sign of the growing cooperation between Beijing and Moscow in the Arctic.
The Chinese and Russian coast guard ships were spotted about five miles inside the Russian exclusive economic zone in the northernmost location where Chinese vessels have been seen by the U.S. Coast Guard, it said. The Bering Sea separates Russia from Alaska.
”This recent activity demonstrates the increased interest in the Arctic by our strategic competitors,” Rear Adm. Megan Dean, commander of the 17th Coast Guard District, said in a statement.
In July, Russian and Chinese bombers flew together for the first time in international airspace off the coast of Alaska. The flights were not seen as a threat, but it was the first time that Chinese bombers had flown within the Alaskan air defense identification zone and the first time Chinese and Russian aircraft had taken off from the same base in northern Russia.
The Chinese coast guard said in a statement that the joint patrol with Russia, which followed a joint drill, was to check fishing boats to maintain order in the North Pacific Ocean, in accordance with a U.N. and international convention. It said the vessels carried out exercises on search and rescue of illegal boats that showed ”high efficiency in coordination and cooperation.”
The close relationship between the Chinese and Russian militaries has been a concern in Washington, which has criticized Beijing for supporting Moscow’s war in Ukraine.
