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Man charged in death of 2-year-old boy in St. Paul apartment
ST. PAUL (AP) -- A man accused of leaving an unattended gun in a St. Paul apartment where a 2-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed himself is facing two charges, according to court documents released Monday.
Earl Williams, 39, is charged in Ramsey County District Court with manslaughter and illegal possession of a firearm in the death of Jayse Wilson. Williams turned himself in to authorities on Friday.
Documents show that one of the victim's sisters was watching television in the living room on Wednesday afternoon when she heard a loud bang. Williams told her to stay where she was before he began pacing between the bedroom and kitchen, the complaint said.
The boy's mother told authorities she had received a "frantic phone call" from Williams, who told her she needed to come home. Police believe Williams then fled to Iowa.
Before Williams left the apartment, he told the girl to call 911. The girl ran to check on her brother and found him in a pool of blood on the floor of the bathroom, where Williams allegedly left the gun. Jayse Wilson died in an ambulance on the way to a hospital.
Williams isn't allowed to possess firearms or ammunition due to prior felonies, including drug possession and delivery, attempted armed robbery with a gun and aggravated sexual assault.
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2 shot near George Floyd memorial in south Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- A man and a woman were shot Sunday night near the George Floyd memorial site in south Minneapolis, police said.
Police received a report of a shooting near 38th Street and Chicago Avenue South at 8:42 p.m. Police spokesman John Elder said the victims were taken to the hospital in private vehicles. He said their injuries were not life-threatening.
George Floyd was killed at the corner of 38th and Chicago on May 25 while in police custody. The Star Tribune reports the intersection since has become a Floyd memorial, but residents and authorities say it has also seen increased gunfire.
In the seven weeks after Floyd's death, 11 people were shot in the area. Officials responding to emergencies in the area have reported being harassed, and a perception has emerged that police won't respond to gunfire reports there unless there is a victim.
Minnesota Rep. Jim Hagedorn has cancerous kidney removed
ROCHESTER (AP) -- Minnesota Republican Rep. Jim Hagedorn had a kidney removed Monday as he continues to fight advanced kidney cancer, according to a release from the congressman's office.
The release said surgeons at Rochester's Mayo Clinic also removed cancerous tissues surrounding the kidney. State Republican Party Chairwoman Jennifer Carnahan, the congressman's wife, said in the statement that the performing surgeon called the procedure a success and Hagedorn was resting comfortably,
Hagedorn was diagnosed with stage four kidney cancer on Feb. 15, 2019, and since has received care and immunotherapy at Mayo Clinic. Hagedorn said in the release that the innovative treatments worked in degrading the cancer.
"Because my condition improved so dramatically these past months and my other kidney functions just fine, doctors decided it was time to go in and remove the kidney, and by doing so, extract an estimated 99 percent of the cancer in my body," Hagedorn said.
Hagedorn earned a second term in November when he defeated Democrat Dan Feehan in a hard-fought rematch of their 2018 race in southern Minnesota.
Prosecutors waiting on debris testing in AG crash
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A team of prosecutors is waiting for testing results on a piece of debris that may indicate where the South Dakota attorney general's car was when he struck and killed a man over three months ago, a prosecutor said Monday.
A decision on whether to charge Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg in the Sept. 12 crash has been delayed for months, prompting criticism from Gov. Kristi Noem. The Department of Public Safety, which oversaw the investigation, has reported it handed over all its findings to prosecutors, led by Hyde County deputy state's attorney Emily Sovell.
But Crystal Johnson, the Minnehaha County state's attorney who is assisting Sovell, said in an email to The Associated Press that she did not have a time frame for the results of additional testing on an "(unusual) item of debris that was in the middle of the accident scene." She said it could give information on where Ravnsborg's car was when it struck 55-year-old Joseph Boever, a Hyde County resident.
Sovell did not immediately reply to a request for comment and has not spoken publicly about the case.
Secretary of Public Safety Craig Price, who led the crash investigation, has said Ravnsborg was distracted before he drove onto the shoulder of a darkened stretch of highway, but has not provided details on what the distraction was. Boever was walking on the side of the road and displaying some type of light when Ravnsborg's 2011 Ford Taurus hit him, according to Price.