🌱 Downtown Shooting + Twins Coaching Change + Pride Parade

Welcome to a new week of the Minneapolis Daily! Let's find out what's making headlines today in the city.

First, today's weather: Partly sunny, a stray t-storm. High: 85 Low: 62.

Here are the top 4 stories today in Minneapolis:

1. Former Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor was released from prison Monday. Noor was originally sentenced for third-degree murder in the 2017 shooting death of a 911 caller. He was re-sentenced for manslaughter last year. (KARE11)

2. In case you missed it over the weekend: four people were shot near the Stone Arch Bridge Saturday night. Minneapolis police said several fights broke out within a large group near Main Street and 6th Avenue SE. No injuries were life-threatening, and no arrests have been made. (Paid source: Star Tribune)

3. The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis “welcomed” the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade last Friday. Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda wrote in a statement that Catholics should “continue working for the end of legal abortion in Minnesota.” (Patch)

4. More than 100,000 people gathered in Minneapolis on Sunday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Pride parade. Attendees included Mayor Jacob Frey, Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Gov. Tim Walz, who said: “It is all of our responsibility to create a world where every single child is seen, heard, loved and valued. Minnesota is that place." (Paid source: Star Tribune)

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Today in Minneapolis:

• The park board hosts an open house to gather feedback on Powderhorn Park Improvements. (5 p.m.)
• Free yoga at Peavey Plaza. (5:30 p.m.)
• Ameet Kamath performs at Bryant Square Park (6:30 p.m.) and Dominic Cudd performs at Water Works at Mill Ruins Park. (7 p.m.)
• “Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations” opens at the Orpheum Theatre. (7:30 p.m.)
• See “Sing 2” at Harrison Park. (9:20 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Twin Cities radio host Andrew Lee died unexpectedly last weekend. (BMTN)
• The Animal Humane Society received a $6 million donation from the Steve Nordberg and Betsy McDonald estate. It was the largest gift in the organization’s history. (CBS)
• Twins pitching coach Wes Johnson will leave the team for a job at Louisiana State University. This week’s series against the Guardians will be his last with the Twins. (ESPN)
• Find out who’s hiring in Minneapolis with Patch’s job openings. (Patch)

Thanks for following along! See you tomorrow for more local news.

— Georgi Presecky

About me: Georgi is a Chicago-based newsletter writer and partner content curator. 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.