Apparent intentional crash in downtown Minneapolis leaves one dead, five injured
A 16-year-old girl is dead, and five others were injured when a woman appeared to intentionally run her vehicle through a crowd in downtown Minneapolis early Saturday morning.
Crime Watch began reporting just before 12:30 a.m. that at least two females were down and unconscious from a reported hit-and-run in front of Augie’s on 4th and Hennepin Avenue, according to police scanner audio.
Police aired that CPR was started on one of the injured parties and that a beige Honda Pilot had fled the scene. It was eventually aired that a witness had followed the suspect vehicle out of downtown and into north Minneapolis.
Police updated at the scene that at least four people had been injured in the chaotic scene and that the driver was wanted for “CVH” (criminal vehicular homicide).
Crime Watch obtained video from a bystander of the immediate aftermath of the crash that showed first responders on site tending to the victims — one being wheeled into an ambulance and another still on the ground.
By 12:40 a.m., it was aired that police had the suspect vehicle stopped at 23rd and Bryant Avenue North. Pic below from a Crime Watch follower showed the vehicle stopped in north Minneapolis.
Following the crash, Crime Watch obtained another video from a follower that reportedly showed the suspect vehicle in the hour prior to the crash at 4th and Nicollet Mall. A female was twerking on the hood of the vehicle with another passenger looking on from the passenger side of the vehicle, and the driver appearing to coax the female back into the vehicle. The follower who sent the video said it was the same vehicle that later fled from the crash scene, which was reportedly confirmed to them by police. Still image from the video below.
Another video that surfaced following the crash showed that a fight had been taking place at the corner prior to the crash. The female who had earlier been twerking on the suspect vehicle appeared to be one of the parties on the ground fighting. She was topless during the fight, which showed a spine tattoo similar to that shown in the twerking video, and the shoes appear to be the same, below.
The same video also showed a heavyset woman who appeared to be the driver of the suspect vehicle leave the fight before the vehicle is then seen running over the fight participants and the crowd that surrounded them.
The Minneapolis Police Department issued a statement later Saturday morning stating that a 16-year-old girl had died, and five others were injured in the crash, one with potentially life-threatening injuries. The statement confirmed that the crash had stemmed from an altercation.
The statement said the unnamed female suspect had been booked on probable cause murder.
Booking records show Latalia Anjolie Margalli, 22, is being held on probable cause murder.
Police said the incident is still being investigated.
Crime Watch will continue to follow developments and charges. Please follow Crime Watch on the X platform for the very latest on this and other incidents, as well as other public safety related information.
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