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5 officers shot in east central Minnesota, suspect not in custody
CBS News ^ | BY JOHN LAURITSEN, BERET LEONE, COLE PREMO UPDATED ON: OCTOBER 12, 2023 / 11:19 AM

Posted on 10/12/2023 9:26:23 AM PDT by Red Badger

CRIME 5 officers shot in east central Minnesota, suspect not in custody minnesota BY JOHN LAURITSEN, BERET LEONE, COLE PREMO

UPDATED ON: OCTOBER 12, 2023 / 11:19 AM / CBS MINNESOTA

PRINCETON, Minn. — Five officers have been shot in Minnesota's Benton County Thursday morning. The suspect is not yet in custody.

According to the county sheriff's office, the incident occurred near the intersection of 190th Avenue Northeast and Glendorado Road Northeast in Glendorado Township, which is located just west of Princeton.

Officials confirmed with WCCO later that five officers were shot. Three officers are being treated at North Memorial Hospital in Robbinsdale and two others at St. Cloud Hospital. They all have non-life threatening injuries.

Officials say the suspect is still at the scene, but not yet in custody. The public has been advised to avoid the area.

Shortly before 11 a.m., WCCO's Sky4 chopper observed a person being loaded into an armored vehicle before being taken away to a nearby helicopter.

WCCO crews noted the presence of sheriff's deputies from Benton and Sherburn County, as well as Minnesota State Patrol squads. SWAT vehicles have also been seen at the scene, and there is at least one helicopter monitoring the area.

Glendorado Township is located about 60 miles northwest of Minneapolis.

Details are limited and this is a developing story. WCCO's Beret Leone and John Lauritsen are on the scene and we'll share more information as soon as we get it.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: banglist; crime; minnesota; police
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1 posted on 10/12/2023 9:26:23 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Somali jihadist?


2 posted on 10/12/2023 9:28:02 AM PDT by dynachrome (War does not determine who is right, but who is left.)
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To: Red Badger

Islamic related, thus terrorism? Or illegal alien? BLM, Antifa?


3 posted on 10/12/2023 9:28:07 AM PDT by Reno89519 (It's war. No one murders and takes Americans hostage. Time to act. Declare war on Hamas.)
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To: Red Badger
"... suspect not in custody ..."

It's just as well. They would waste a lot of time arresting and booking the suspect, only to release him on little to no bail.

4 posted on 10/12/2023 9:28:57 AM PDT by CatOwner
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To: Red Badger

North of my house by about 30 minutes drive.


5 posted on 10/12/2023 9:31:19 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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To: Red Badger

Pre Friday jihad?


6 posted on 10/12/2023 9:31:21 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: dynachrome

“ Somali jihadist?”

That was my first thought. That state is full of them


8 posted on 10/12/2023 9:31:45 AM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male ðŸĪŠ)
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To: dynachrome

From around Princeton? More likely meth lab...


9 posted on 10/12/2023 9:31:46 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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To: Red Badger

I guess I’m naive....how do five police officers get shot? And nothing happens to the suspect during the incident? Is the suspect a member of the protected class so the coppers were “afraid” of a confrontation? And we wonder why crime is going through the roof.....


10 posted on 10/12/2023 9:32:21 AM PDT by john drake (Lucius Accius-Roman,170 BC - "oderint dum metuant" translated "Let them hate so long as they fear")
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To: Reno89519

There have been a couple of high-density apartment buildings that have gone up in Princeton. Most of the surrounding communities are middle to lower-middle class.


11 posted on 10/12/2023 9:33:20 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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To: dynachrome
Somali jihadist?

Possibly.

Whatever he is, we should be grateful for his poor marksmanship.

12 posted on 10/12/2023 9:36:04 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Dead Corpse
Could have been a "no knock" raid on someone who was better prepared than most.

If you are constantly vigilant against rip crews, and believe the breaking down of your defenses is a rip crew instead of the police, this could happen, it could happen fairly easily.

13 posted on 10/12/2023 9:36:15 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: marktwain

Warrant service on a bad guy that knew they were coming sounds likely vs random jihad syndrome.


14 posted on 10/12/2023 9:37:07 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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To: Reno89519

“Islamic related, thus terrorism? Or illegal alien? BLM, Antifa?”

All very possible, and we will soon know who to hold accountable


15 posted on 10/12/2023 9:39:09 AM PDT by Round Earther
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To: Red Badger

Took the Twins loss pretty hard.


16 posted on 10/12/2023 9:40:26 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Red Badger

They just had the jihadist in Fargo a month or so, ago, that shot 3 cops.


17 posted on 10/12/2023 9:40:34 AM PDT by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix . Orwell's "1984" was a warning, not an instruction manual.)
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To: Reno89519

We’ll never know their motive.


18 posted on 10/12/2023 9:40:36 AM PDT by shotgun
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To: Round Earther

CBS video showed LE camped up at the Lutheran church right next to a farmstead.

Betting warrant service on someone who doesn’t want to give up their farm or had a side business as a recreational pharmacologist...


19 posted on 10/12/2023 9:43:39 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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To: dynachrome

Maybe they’ll give us the skinny any time now.


20 posted on 10/12/2023 9:43:48 AM PDT by Migraine
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