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POLICE SHOOTING-MINNEAPOLIS

Police video shows man shot by officer was on couch, had gun

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Body camera footage released by the Minneapolis Police Department shows a Black man who was fatally shot as officers were executing a search warrant was wrapped in a blanket and displayed a handgun as they shouted at him to show his hands and get on the ground. The city released the body camera footage Thursday after demands from activists and some state lawmakers. Police identified the man as 22-year-old Amir Locke. The Minneapolis Police Department said in a statement Wednesday that he had pointed a loaded gun “in the direction of officers,” but authorities have not said if Locke was connected to the homicide investigation that prompted the search warrant.

AP-US-GREAT-LAKES-WINTER-WATER

Scientists race to gather winter data on warming Great Lakes

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Winter is changing across the Great Lakes region, and scientists want to know what that will mean. Teams from more than a dozen U.S. and Canadian universities and government agencies will venture onto the frozen surfaces of all five lakes this month. They’ll take water samples from beneath the ice and measure characteristics such as light and nutrient levels. Researchers acknowledge most of their work on the lakes happens during warmer seasons and they don’t know much about what goes on in winter. They say it’s important to learn more now, as global warming brings milder temperatures and may eventually make ice cover a rarity.

MISSOURI RIVER POWER

Corps: Missouri River power output below average in 2021

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Electric power generation from the Missouri River’s six upstream dams fell below average in 2021, forcing the federal agency that sells the power to buy electricity on the open market. The $18 million in additional costs ultimately may be passed on to ratepayers in a half-dozen states. Energy production from the dams in the Dakotas, Montana and Nebraska was below average because of drought. The Western Area Power Administration sells power to rural electric cooperatives and other customers in the Dakotas, Montana, Minnesota, Iowa and Nebraska. The agency says the added costs would likely be minimal for individual ratepayers.

INFANT DEATH-MANSLAUGHTER

St. Paul woman accused of manslaughter in death of infant

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A criminal complaint accuses a St. Paul mother of killing her infant daughter death by laying on top of her while the two were sleeping in the same bed. Authorities say 20-year-old Justice Ellis had been drinking when she caused 28-day-old Nyomi Portillo-Ellis to suffocate on Aug. 16. Ellis is charged with second-degree manslaughter. An autopsy listed the cause of death as mechanical asphyxiation and listed unsafe sleeping conditions as a contributing factor. Ellis told officers she had six drinks the night before. She said she stopped drinking about 1 a.m. and went to bed about an hour later.

SMALL PLANE CRASH

Officials: Pilot injured in crash of small plane has died

HUTCHINSON, Minn. (AP) — Sheriff’s officials say one of two people injured in a small plane crash in McLeod County earlier this week has died. Authorities say Dr. Richard Jolkovsky died of injuries he suffered Monday afternoon when a single-engine plane went down south of Hutchinson. The 61-year-old CentraCare cardiologist was piloting the plane. A 24-year-old passenger remains hospitalized in stable condition. The aviation-tracking website FlightRadar24.com reported that the plane left Flying Cloud Airport in Eden Prairie and retraced its path at times before crashing in a rural part of the county. Officials from the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the crash.

MINNESOTA-SCHOOL SHOOTING

No motive revealed in shooting that killed Minnesota student

RICHFIELD, Minn. (AP) — Authorities say they have not established a motive in a shooting outside a suburban Minneapolis school that left one student dead and an another critically injured. The students were shot Tuesday outside South Education Center in Richfield, a suburb just south of Minneapolis. Police arrested two teen suspects at separate locations later in the day. Richfield Police Chief Jay Henthorne said five people were involved in the “horrific, tragic incident,” but didn’t give further details other than to say it was a disagreement among “acquaintances.” A 15-year-old student was killed and a 17-year-old student was critically injured. A third student was hurt but Henthorne said he wasn’t sure whether the injuries were from gunfire.

GEORGE-FLOYD-OFFICERS-CIVIL RIGHTS

Trial of 3 cops in Floyd killing delayed by COVID diagnosis

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The federal trial of three former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd’s rights was abruptly suspended after one of the defendants tested positive for COVID-19. The judge says the court is in recess until Monday. The officer who tested positive wasn’t named, but reporters in the courtroom said J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao were there and Thomas Lane was not. Lane’s attorney declined to say whether his client had COVID-19. Federal prosecutors say the three officers deprived Floyd of his rights when they failed to give him medical aid as Officer Derek Chauvin knelt on the Black man’s neck for 9 1/2 minutes while Floyd was handcuffed, facedown and gasping for air. Kueng and Thao are also accused of failing to intervene.

FRATERNITY SUED

Parents of Missouri student sue fraternity over hazing

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The parents of a University of Missouri student from Minnesota are suing a fraternity after their son suffered serious brain injuries during a pledge party. Authorities say Daniel Santulli’s blood alcohol content was more than six times the legal limit for driving on Oct. 20 when he was found unresponsive in a car parked at University Hospital. The parents’ lawsuit says Santulli, who is from Eden Prairie, Minnesota, remains unresponsive with a significant brain injury. The lawsuit alleges pledges at the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity were expected to drink an entire bottle of alcohol as part of a fraternity tradition. Ron Caudill, the fraternity’s national executive director, said in a statement that the fraternity is reviewing the lawsuit.