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3 youths arrested in Cambridge in gun pointing incident

CAMBRIDGE, Minn. -- Three youths were arrested in the Cambridge area early Friday.

According to police, officers were called to the area of Cypress Avenue and Sixth Avenue Northwest at about 8 a.m.

Officers spotted a vehicle that was reported to have been stolen out of Minnetonka and initiated a "high-risk stop" in a parking lot. Police are calling it a "gun pointing incident," though they were not more specific about where that happened..

Five people were in the vehicle, and three of them -- all under 18 -- were taken into custody. Police say none were students at Cambridge-Isanti High School, which was near where police apprehended the suspects.

The vehicle they were in has been impounded. A gun was recovered in the vehicle, police said.

Police say there is no longer any threat to the public.

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