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Suspect Arrested in Shooting of Mendota Heights Police Officer

Police killer suspect Brian Fitch Photo: Dakota County Sherrif's Office

Police killer suspect Brian Fitch Photo: Dakota County Sherrif’s Office

Mendota Heights Police Officer Scott Patrick was shot and killed near Dodd Road and Smith Avenue in West St. Paul just before 12:30 p.m. Wednesday. He was the first officer killed in the line of duty ever in this department. 
After an all day manhunt, sources say Brian Fitch Sr. has been captured. Fitch is in the hospital with gunshot wounds. How he was shot is unclear, but I sure hope a police officer did it while closing in on him. More news. Pray for this officer’s family tonight. 

UPDATE: Here is the police radio audio during the suspects shootout with police and his subsequent arrest. (via MN Police Clips)
https://soundcloud.com/mn-police-scanner-audio/brian-george-fitch

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Videos from the Mall of America melee

Yesterday a bunch of feral youth took to the MOA in Bloomington, MN to cause trouble. They succeeded. More than 200 young people started to brawl (for reasons not yet known) in a food court and quickly spread through the mall. Witnesses reported seeing some of these idiots pulling guns and some of the mob grabbed items from shoppers and kiosks.

The MOA of course is trying to downplay this incident in hopes of not worrying shoppers about mall safety. There are other reasons the Mall is being delicate with this story too, but I won’t get into that now.

I think that Mall is one of the worst things to happen to this state.

Here are some eyewitness videos of the melee posted to YouTube in the last 24 hours. Would you feel safe shopping there?