Shooting

BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) -- A man killed a police officer and another person after a traffic stop Thursday at Virginia Tech, sending a shudder through campus as students and faculty were told to stay inside and police searched for the gunman, school officials said. It was the first...

ROUND LAKE -- The news of a cougar shot Sunday in Jackson County has caught the attention of the entire state, it seems. According to Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Predatory Biologist Dan Stark, the fatal shooting of a 125 pound male cougar by a citizen was a remarkably...

Update, 5 p.m. PIPESTONE -- A Pipestone County Sheriff's Office deputy who shot an man armed with a meat cleaver has been identified as Deputy Michael LaRock, who has been with the Pipestone County Sheriff's Office for 12 years. Authorities from the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal...

COTTAGE GROVE - In the 44 years since Doug Jones picked up a longbow for the first time, he's developed a passion for the sport of archery. Doug's wife, Gail, shares his love of the sport. Both are certified archery instructors. The two insist that they didn't force the sport on...

WILLMAR -- Surveillance video recorded the events last week when shots were fired at a Willmar police officer, court documents state. According to the criminal complaints filed against Leroy Diaz Evans, Jesus Trevino, Adrian Salinas and Arcadio Salinas Jr., the entire incident was...

WILLMAR, Minn. -- Four men are being held in the Kandiyohi County Jail pending charges stemming from a Wednesday afternoon home invasion that escalated into the men firing shots at a Willmar police officer. According to a news release from Willmar Police Chief David Wyffels, the...

DULUTH - Scott County Attorney Pat Ciliberto has found that the Aug. 5 shooting of 17-year-old Joey Carl by Duluth Police Officer Jeffery Keast was justified. Ciliberto was asked to review the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension investigation of the shooting to avoid any conflict...

LAKE PARK, Iowa -- An investigation into the shooting of a 6-year-old girl Sunday in Lake Park, Iowa, has been turned over to the Iowa Division of Criminal Apprehension (DCI). According to a news release issued by the Iowa Department of Public Safety (DPS), officers from the Lake...

ROCK RAPIDS, Iowa -- A woman who is accused of fatally shooting her boyfriend during an argument last month pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder in Lyon County District Court during an arraignment Monday. Laura Jeannette Lowe, 51, filled out and signed a document stating the...

ROCK RAPIDS, Iowa -- Shooting victim Levi David Hofer, 50, of Rock Rapids, died Tuesday after being removed from life support, according to the Lyon County Sheriff's Office. Lyon County Sheriff Blythe Bloemendaal said a felony charge filed against Laura Jeanette Lowe, 51, of Rock...

ROCK RAPIDS, Iowa -- According to the Lyon County Sheriff's Office, a felony charge has been filed against Laura Jeanette Lowe, 51, of Rock Rapids, Iowa, in connection with the alleged shooting of Levi David Hofer, 50, of Rock Rapids, Sunday night. Lowe is charged with attempted...

ROCK RAPIDS, Iowa -- The Lyon County Sheriff's Office has released the name of the victim in Sunday's shooting in Rock Rapids. Levi David Hofer, 50, was still considered to be in critical condition in a Sioux Falls, S.D., hospital Monday afternoon. According to information released...

ROCK RAPIDS, Iowa -- The Lyon County Sheriff's Office has released the name of the victim in Sunday's shooting in Rock Rapids, Iowa -- Levi David Hofer, 50, was still considered to be in critical condition in a Sioux Falls, S.D. hospital Monday afternoon. According to information...