Kingfield Neighborhood Association

News from the 5th Precinct Regarding Individual with Firearms in SW Minneapolis

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This info was provided from the 5th precinct:

On August 2, 2019 at about 5:00 pm, officers responded to a 911 call about a suspicious vehicle parked in the 900 block of 42nd Street West.  When they arrived, they spoke with a man inside the parked car and observed that there were also firearms inside the vehicle.  They took possession of the firearms while they spoke with the man.  Ultimately, they retained the firearms and inventoried them in the MPD Property & Evidence Unit for safekeeping.  No one was arrested at the scene and there is no information that the firearms were obtained unlawfully.

There is no known connection to the Barton School building or to Barton students or personnel. There was also no threats made regarding anyone by the man.  The supervisor of the school resource officers working in Minneapolis schools has reviewed the information about this incident.  We have talked with the Minneapolis Public Schools Office of Emergency Management, Safety & Security and the officers in the 5th Precinct and the MPD School Resource Officers will continue to work with Minneapolis Public Schools to respond to safety concerns.

Additional details:

  • The owner will need to be able to pass a firearms background check or obtain a court order before the firearms will be released to him.
  • A combination of Federal and State laws outline who may or may not be in possession of a firearm, what conditions disqualify someone from firearm possession, and limits on what types of firearms can be possessed.  MN law also sets out the processes for a resident to obtain a permit to purchase a firearm from a firearms dealer and for residents to obtain a permit to carry a gun.  For further information about MN laws related to purchasing and carrying guns, please see:  https://dps.mn.gov/divisions/bca/bca-divisions/administrative/Pages/firearms.aspx
  • This background check will find any disqualifying conditions that would prohibit the owner from possessing a firearm.  A list of disqualifiers can be found here:     https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/624.713
  • We have circulated the details of this incident among officers in the precinct so they will also be aware of this incident and able to keep an eye out for the vehicle that was involved.
  • Investigators in the Weapons Unit are reviewing the incident in more depth including tracing the firearms.
  • We encourage anyone in the neighborhood to call 911 if they see someone behaving in a way that raises concerns that a crime has been or is about to be committed or that the person may need medical attention or crisis intervention.

MPS has robust emergency plans in place to prevent, mitigate and respond to safety incidents.  Please let us know if you have questions.

Jennifer Waisanen, Crime Prevention Specialist, City of Minneapolis- MPD 5th PCT

612-673-5407 | Jennifer.waisanen@minneapolismn.gov

Crime prevention resources: http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/police/crime-prevention/

Crime maps and statistics: http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/police/crime-statistics/

 

Kingfield Citizen Pruners Hit the Streets this Saturday!

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A handful of Kingfield residents were trained last year by the MPLS Park Board Forestry Department and the U of M on pruning trees and passed our exam to be official, card-carrying Citizen Pruners. We receive a card and can prune public trees on our own time but also join organized pruning events throughout the year, which is what we will be doing on the streets in Kingfield on Saturday. Many of us in Kingfield also care for our new public orchard located in MLK Park.

If you have a tree that needs particular attention (boulevard or public property only!) message us at info@kingfield.org and let us know the address it is located at. We will try to create a route to include it. You can also post a photo and the address of the offending “sucker-is” tree on our Facebook page.

KFNA is working to set up another Citizen Pruner Training for September; it occurs over two dates: an evening classroom session and a hands-on Saturday morning session. If you might be interested in joining the team send us a message and we will send you the dates when they are confirmed!

Updated Closures for I-35W@94

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I-35W is closed in both directions between I-94 and Highway 280 from 10 p.m. Friday, Aug. 9 to 5 a.m. Monday, Aug. 12, along with the corresponding ramps.

Also

  • The ramp from Washington Avenue, Third and Fourth Avenues to I-35W south will be closed from 10 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 8 to 5 a.m. Friday, Aug. 9.
  • The ramp from I-35W south to Highway 55, I-94 west and 11th Avenue will be closed from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 8 to 5 a.m. Friday, Aug. 9. The detour will be to take Highway 280 to I-94 west.

Upcoming:

  • I-35W is reduced to a single lane in both directions between I-94 and Washington Ave. from 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 16 to 5 a.m. Monday, Aug. 19.
  • NEW I-35W north is closed between Highway 62 and I-94 from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. both Wednesday, Aug. 14 and Thursday, Aug. 15.

Happy National Night Out!

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National Night Out is Like Christmas for KFNA!

We love this night for being able to come to your street and see a so many neighbors celebrating our community! Thank you for allowing us to visit your parties. We will be scooping free ice-cream from the back of bike trailers again, made and donated by our neighborhood confectionary, Sebastian Joe’s. We are going classic—with a nod to a different construction project than the 35W one we are currently living with—and we will be bringing back Nicollet Pothole, and a new vegan edition of Joe’s Oreo!

Nicollet Pothole was created one decade ago to protest the removal of Nicollet Avenue from the upcoming Minneapolis construction budget. It might have been the very first time that ice-cream was ever used as an organizing tool, but the tagline for the BEST ice-cream created for the WORST road in Minneapolis raised some eyebrows.

Joe’s worked with KFNA to create a dark base of chocolate ice-cream with a thick, slick of caramel, deep-dark holes of fudge, a heavy gravel of toffee chunks, and of course a dash of salt (sea salt, not road salt!) On National Night Out 2009 we celebrated the fact that Sebastian Joe’s was masterful at creating a smooth flavor—and lamented the fact that they weren’t also the one’s responsible for creating a smooth roadway. Needless to say, Nicollet Avenue was put back into the City budget within three months of unveiling the flavor.

This year, besides celebrating past accomplishments, the KFNA Board wants to talk with you about the future. For the first time in over 20 years we are short of Directors on our non-profit volunteer board; we want to find out how we can connect to neighbors more personally and address issues that are potentially more relevant. We hope that this will encourage more neighbors to participate with KFNA either on the Board of Directors, on various committees or work groups, or at events. If in the midst of the festivities you miss directly connecting with a KFNA representative and don’t receive the card with a short survey link on it, and you want to share your thoughts and opinions, just email info@kingfield.org, or follow the link here.

And again, happy National Night Out!

Free National Night Out Block Party Registration due Tuesday 7/23

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Register for NNO! Even if you Block Party is in a front yard, be sure to register it with the City. The City uses these numbers to justify community outreach staff in their department.

Kingfielders, KFNA uses the City’s list to create our bike map to deliver ice cream made, and donated by, our neighborhood confectionary, Sebastian Joe’s.  We have been working on a top secret new flavor with Sebastian Joe’s for this year…so make sure you register to get the first taste on August 6!  

Kingfield PorchFest Sponsors

  • Locus Architecture
  • The Lowbrow
  • Butter Bakery Cafe
  • Twin Town Guitars