Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA)
Coverage of Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) in the Nexus archive.
- Minnetonka police officer’s ‘unoccupied vehicle’ hits burglary suspect, BCA investigating
A burglary suspect was struck by an unoccupied vehicle belonging to a Minnetonka police officer on Monday morning near 3700 block of Chicago Avenue South in Minneapolis. The incident occurred after the officer, who was working as part of the Hennepin County Auto Theft Task Force, had detained the man on foot. The victim sustained non-life-threatening injuries, and the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) is investigating how the vehicle was moving when unoccupied.
- BCA names St. Peter officer shot, suspect killed after pursuit and standoff
A police pursuit and standoff in St. Peter, Minnesota, resulted in an officer being shot and a suspect dying from a gunshot injury. The involved officers, identified as Sgt. Dustin Struckman and Officer Austin Buss, are on critical incident leave, while the suspect, Jordan Michael Donahue, was found dead after a confrontation. The BCA is investigating whether Donahue's fatal injury was self-inflicted or caused by law enforcement.