Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom has concluded that a Hastings Police Officer was justified when he shot and killed a Rochester man with a history of mental health issues.
Members of a grand jury convened in Hennepin County have begun investigating the police shooting in Minneapolis that claimed the life of an Australian woman last July.
The fiance and family of an Australian woman fatally shot by a Minneapolis police officer say they support a prosecutor's decision to take more time to investigate.
The trial of a Rochester man charged with firing a gun at police officers in northern Minnesota has been put on hold after a judge dismissed the most serious charges in the case.