🌱 'Altercation' Led To Richfield Shooting + Vikings Meet Coaches

Happy Friday, Minneapolis! Here's a quick guide to what's making headlines in the city today.

First, today's weather: A little snow, mainly early. High: 8 Low: -7.

Here are the top 5 stories in Minneapolis today:

1. The Minneapolis Police Department said there are currently no plans to release body camera footage in Wednesday's downtown shooting case. The victim's identity has not been confirmed but the person was reportedly shot while police were serving a search warrant. (CBS)

2. A former Brooklyn Center basketball coach has been sentenced to 12 years for sexually abusing elementary school players. Aaron Hjermstad attempted to flee the state in December while awaiting sentencing but was arrested in Idaho. (BMTN)

3. Forty-five more people died after contracting COVID-19 in Minnesota, the health department reported Thursday. More than 1,300 people statewide are hospitalized with the virus. (KARE11)

4. Richfield police are "confident" Tuesday's school shooting was an "isolated incident." An "altercation" occurred outside South Education Center among five students who knew each other, Patch reports. Jahmari Rice, 15, was killed and two other students were injured. (Patch)

5. Despite a reported nine-hour meeting Wednesday, Jim Harbaugh will not be the next head coach of the Minnesota Vikings. The team is expected to hire Los Angeles Rams offensive coordinator Kevin O'Connell. (Patch)

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Today in Minneapolis:

• "Jurassic Quest" comes to the convention center. (9 a.m.)
• The Minneapolis Home + Remodeling Show begins at U.S. Bank Stadium. (10 a.m.)
• Movie Night in Loring Park. (5 p.m.)
• Visit the Fire and Ice Festival in Matthews Park. (6 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• An average 42,000 COVID-19 tests are being administered in Minnesota each day, down 65,000 in January. (Paid source: Star Tribune)
• The Basilica Block Party will take a hiatus this summer. (CBS)
• Minneapolis Public Schools teachers Edward Barlow and Aberdeen Rodriguez are candidates for MN Teacher of the Year. (MPS)
• University of Minnesota senior Max McHugh was named the Big Ten Swimmer of the Week; Hannah Cornish was also honored as Freshman of the Week. (Gopher Sports)
• The Minneapolis Institute of Art will feature five Vincent Van Gogh paintings in a new exhibit this summer. (BMTN)

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— Georgi Presecky

About me: Georgi is a newsletter writer and partner content curator from Chicago. She spent five years on the entertainment beat for FF2 Media covering film festivals across the U.S. Her feature articles have been recognized with awards from the Illinois Women's Press Association and National Federation of Press Women. As editor-in-chief of the Lewis University newspaper, she and her staff earned honors from the Associated Collegiate Press and American Scholastic Press Associations. She began working for Patch in 2019.