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A man was rushed to the hospital and underwent surgery after a reported fight culminated with him being run over by an SUV twice in St. Paul. St. Paul police said officers were called to the 1300 block of Western Avenue North at about 7:20 p.m. Monday. When officers arrived at the scene, they found a 24-year-old man lying in a parking lot with life-threatening injuries. The victim was taken to a local hospital and underwent surgery, police said. A witness told police she'd heard fighting and screaming, and then saw a woman driving a black SUV in the parking...

Three teenagers died after they crashed while fleeing Minneapolis police officers in a suspected stolen vehicle early Monday morning. Minneapolis Police say officers spotted a car, believed to have been taken during a carjacking Sunday morning, near Dowling Avenue North and Logan Avenue North around 1:15 a.m. When officers attempted to pull the car over, it fled at a high rate of speed. During the pursuit, police say the fleeing car got far ahead of officers, then lost control near the 1800 block of Emerson Avenue North and rolled over multiple times. Three teenagers inside the car died in the...

The Minneapolis Police Department has arrested more than a dozen suspects involved in crime ring that focused on robbing cellphones from intoxicated people and then beating the victims. According to a report provided by Minneapolis police spokesperson John Elder, a three-day sweep conducted two weeks ago ended with police arresting 16 people between the ages of 13 and 25. The suspects are seen on surveillance video punching, kicking and riding over one man with a bike. The robberies occurred near Hennepin, First and Second avenues, between Third and Sixth streets, and happened between 10 p.m. and 3 a.m. The suspects...