Alaina Rooker

2 days ago | hometownsource.com | Alaina Rooker

The Brooklyn Park police officer who exchanged gunfire with the shooting suspect at the home of Melissa and Mark Hortman has been identified by the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension as part of a use-of-force investigation. The BCA has identified nine-year officer Zachary Baumtrog as the individual who fired his weapon at the residence in the early morning hours of Saturday, June 14. He has been placed on critical incident leave by the Brooklyn Park Police Department, reports the BCA.

2 days ago | hometownsource.com | Alaina Rooker

The cop who exchanged gunfire with the lawmaker shooting suspect at the home of Melissa and Mark Hortman has been identified by the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension as part of a routine use-of-force investigation. The BCA has identified nine-year officer Zachary Baumtrog as the individual who fired his weapon at the residence in the early morning hours of Saturday, June 14. He has been placed on critical incident leave by the Brooklyn Park Police Department, reports the BCA.

4 days ago | hometownsource.com | Alaina Rooker

Melissa and Mark Hortman will lie in state at the Minnesota Capitol on Friday. Gov. Tim Walz announced that the House Speaker Emerita and her husband, who were killed in a series of politically motivated shootings June 14, will lie in state noon to 5 p.m. Friday, June 27. kAm%96:C 5@8[ v:=36CE[ H9@ H2D 2=D@ <:==65 :? E96 D9@@E:?8[ H:== ;@:? E96>]k^AmkAmw@CE>2? H:== 36 E96 7:CDE H@>2? 2?5 @?6 @7 76H6C E92? a_ |:??6D@E2?D E@ =:6 :? DE2E6 :?

4 days ago | hometownsource.com | Alaina Rooker

Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges says the Sunday morning shooting that left a young man dead “appeared to be a family conflict.”“These people knew each other,” Hodges said at a June 23 video update. kAm%96 49:67 D92C65 E92E @77:46CD H6C6 42==65 E@ E96 D46?6 @7 2 D9@@E:?8 2E 2 C6D:56?46 @? E96 a__ 3=@4< @7 ha?5 $EC66E yF?6 aa 2?5 7@F?5 @?6 A6CD@? 925 366? D9@E 2?5 <:==65] ~E96CD :?G@=G65 :? E96 D9@@E:?8 925 7=65 E96 2C62 3J E96 E:>6 A@=:46 2CC:G65]k^AmkAm%96 w6??6A:?

5 days ago | hometownsource.com | Alaina Rooker

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