I have no answers, but where do you live?

Hey dude, time to leave that shit ass neighborhood and move to a better place.

I'm sure some sort of warrant was issued. It will eventually show up in the DNT Matter of Record if charges get filed. If there were a shoot-out or hostage situation or other situation involving a firearm, it would show up in the local media. They all have police scanners. On Monday during business hours, you will probably be able to get some info from cops. Remember though, if it's an on-going investigation and/or charges have not yet been filed, the police may not be able to tell you what happened.

vote republican, and this stuff might get better,  keep voting in all the delusional bleeding hearts and this is exactly what we get.  The DNT will not report certian things that will make this town look unsafe, or appear to look like our moral compass is falling into a bottomless pit.  The police are watering down the crime stats. I can't wait to see what this city has in store for itself soon, if things continue.

The responses to this post make me feel like I am reading the DNT comments section.

Calk, What world do you live. There are not any Republicans holding any significant positions of power in Northern Minnesota. All the social injustice in Duluth lands squarely on the DFL's shoulders. What we are experiencing in Duluth as far as bad jobs, crime, ect is the direct result of too much influence from one side of the aisle. Now before you attempt to tear into me, I have always voted Democrat, but I am changing my ways come November.

I lived on 40th Ave West last year, and one night my roommate woke me up and told me that we should leave. I went outside to find several police with full-military gear pointing sniper rifles at my neighbors house... we were advised to leave so we wouldn't get caught in the crossfire. Apparently it was because of a "domestic threat involving a gun."

Duluth's Finest seem to enjoy flexing their muscle any chance they get. Remember the most recent homicide and the day-long stand off this last year? They rocked out all their hand-me-down military gear! The sad thing is that we (the taxpayer) paid for that gear twice: once to the Feds for the U.S. military, and another time to the City so they could buy it from them

ahem, jim...

perhaps you should rethink that. suggesting that we vote republican to keep the crime down is akin to suggesting that if we stick bananas in our ears, alligators won't be a problem.

A guy recently told me about a flash-bang grenade episode that occurred at the "crackhouse" (his word) across the street from him. I wonder if it's the same episode as Purple's, or if the whole flash-bang strike-force model of law enforcement is becoming more common.

I used to rent a house on 6th & 6th and heard gunshots, screams, domestic disturbances, etc., all the time. Houses (including ours) and local businesses were burglarized so many times, I lost count. I used to watch my neighbors piss off their balcony as they threw their spent liquor bottles, beer cans, and garbage in the yard. They never picked any of their trash up, so I always did it for them, usually on Sundays when they slept till late afternoon. I knew it was a bad area before I moved in. I lived there because it was cheap and it was the best I could afford at the time, as do most other people in that area. My roommates & I did the best we could with what little we had to make our house a nice place to live, but there was always some kind of neighborhood drama going on. Twice I wasn't able to to get within a block of my neighborhood because the whole area was cordoned off by police due to two separate instances of gun-wielding crazies. That was in 2001-2003 when the Republicans were the majority. Either way, and whichever side currently has the upper hand, it's just a bad neighborhood because of many reasons, none of which have anything to do with republicans or democrats. I eventually had enough and moved. So did my roommates and a good amount of the non-slumlord homeowners. I'm sure it hasn't changed all that much since then.

Codie, I'd like to see how you handle the "domestic threat with a gun." It seems kinda odd how you both want less crime yet less police presence.

As far as I know the Lincoln Park substation is just occupied by the Lincoln Park Citizen's Patrol a couple hours a day. These are good people to talk to and usually know what is going on in the neighborhood.
They have a Facebook page with contact info.. 
Also, Officer Jim Hansen is your community officer
Phone: 218-730-5565
[email protected]

You can go to the police dept. (411 West First Street, Room 104), look through the Daily Report on the counter, write down the incident report number, and ask the folks behind the window for a copy of the report. They sometimes stonewall though, even though it's supposed to be public info.