Shoplifter's arrest foils potential "mass casualty event" in MN, charges say
Authorities say they believe a southern Minnesota man accused of theft and online threats may have been planning a "mass casualty event."
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Authorities say they believe a southern Minnesota man accused of theft and online threats may have been planning a "mass casualty event."
The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Minnesota asking to revive the state's ban on gun-carry permits for young adults.
Federal investigators are searching for 19 guns that remain missing after being reportedly snatched from their UPS packaging in Minneapolis.
The Minneapolis Police Department has recovered eight of 27 reportedly stolen guns taken from a UPS shipping facility. Jonah Kaplan shows how workers at the facility helped to put a man in custody.
A 17-year-old boy has been charged after Ramsey County authorities say they confiscated more than a dozen ghost guns or handguns equipped with switch devices. WCCO's Jason Rantala reports.
The proposal comes less than a year after a WCCO investigation into tracing crime guns through the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' National Tracing Center.
A Minnesota lawmaker introduce a new gun bill at the state capital Friday morning, thanks in part to a WCCO investigation. Investigative Reporter Jen Mayerle has more.
The bill was introduced by Democratic State Senator Ron Latz after he saw WCCO's investigative series of stories on tracing crime guns through the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' National Tracing Center.
Minnesota gun safety advocates hope proposals to require safe storage of firearms and boost funding for violence prevention programs that didn't pass the Legislature last year will get a fresh look at the state capitol.
There's a growing number of guns being converted into machine guns. Here's why it matters: When someone opens fire with a machine gun, it has the ability to cause more damage, and impact more lives.
Plymouth Police ask a judge for permission to remove firearms from a 31-year-old man after two encounters at Twin Cities religious sites and troubling social media posts, court documents say.
TSA agents stopped 52 firearms at MSP checkpoints in 2024.
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers' plan to let voters repeal and create state laws without legislative involvement met opposition from the Republican leaders of the Legislature, who signaled that the idea is likely to be rejected for a second time.
A lawsuit filed against the nation's dominant gun manufacturer brought a Twin Cities father to tears.
A Minneapolis man faces a manslaughter charge after a 3-year-old allegedly grabbed the man's gun and fatally shot himself.
A Milwaukee bar is permanently closed after police found cocaine, bullets and chickens on the premises.
Ashley Dyrdahl, federally charged with purchasing straw guns for Shannon Gooden, will change her plea to guilty.
Over the last year, the number of school districts in Ohio that allow staff to be armed quadrupled, with 14% of the state's districts now participating.
The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office says the student had been observed playing a "school shooting video game" and had become "reclusive," missing much of the first semester of class.
Elon Musk's pledge to give away $1 million a day to voters for signing his PAC's petition is prompting questions about its legality.
There's a conversation happening in Congress around modernizing the tracing system. Others want to stop progress in its tracks, and even go backwards. Senior investigative reporter Jennifer Mayerle dives into the issue.
Data shows that 58% of law enforcement agencies in Minnesota trace some weapons, but only 13% of them share what they learn.
In 2022, Minnesota agencies sent information on 5,327 crime guns to the ATF's National Tracing Center in West Virginia. That's up 14% from the year before. Most of those trace requests come from Minneapolis and St. Paul.
When it comes to solving gun crimes, knowing where the weapon originated from can make a big difference.
"I'm 100% behind Donald Trump and encourage every gun owner to join me in helping send him back to the White House," Rittenhouse wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
