
Paul Walsh
Reporter at The Minnesota Star Tribune
Articles
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6 days ago |
startribune.com | Paul Walsh
By Paul Walsh Thornton was arrested a month later in a separate case after officers were called to the 2900 block of Russell Avenue S. in Minneapolis on reports of a gun being fired. Police learned the suspect, later identified as Thornton, had run into a house. They surrounded the house, but Thornton broke a window and fled on foot before being arrested.
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1 week ago |
startribune.com | Paul Walsh
By Paul Walsh After the weekend shootings of Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses, the Minnesota Star Tribune wants to answer your questions about the investigation and our reporting process. Reporters Paul Walsh and Jeff Day will be hosting a live Q&A on Friday, June 20, from noon-1:30 p.m. CDT, answering questions related to the investigation and our reporting processes. Submit a question below for our reporters to be answered during the Q&A.
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1 week ago |
startribune.com | Paul Walsh
The wife of Vance Boelter, the man wanted in connection with the shootings that targeted two state legislators and their spouses at their Twin Cities homes Saturday, was detained by law enforcement more than 100 miles from her home with three relatives late that morning, the sheriff in the county said Sunday.
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2 weeks ago |
startribune.com | Paul Walsh
Days after federal searches across several locations in the Twin Cities metro raised an uproar in south Minneapolis, court filings tied to the overarching investigation remain under seal. What started as a federal criminal probe at eight locations early June 3 quickly turned into clashing and confusion as protesters converged onto Lake Street over the sudden presence of armed agents rolling into the area.
Federal charges suggest tie between recent shootings outside Twin Cities high school grad ceremonies
2 weeks ago |
startribune.com | Paul Walsh
New federal charges are suggesting a connection between two recent shootings at Twin Cities high school graduations. The disclosure came in charges filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in St. Paul against Hamza A. Said, 20, of Coon Rapids, and Amiir M. Ali, 18, whose residence was not listed, in relation to the shooting outside Mariucci Arena that left two attendees wounded on May 30, soon after the Wayzata High School graduation gathering ended.
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