Gov. Walz Wades Into Controversy Surrounding Charges Against State Trooper In Ricky Cobb II's Death

By Stephen Swanson, CBS Minnesota

March 19, 2024

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz waded on Monday into the controversy surrounding criminal charges filed against a Minnesota State Patrol trooper who fatally shot a motorist last summer on a Minneapolis freeway.

Trooper Ryan Londregan killed Ricky Cobb II on Interstate 94 during a traffic stop in the early morning hours of July 31, 2023.

Londregan was charged by the Hennepin County Attorney's Office with one count of second-degree unintentional murder, and a count each of first-degree assault and second-degree manslaughter.

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