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BCA releases name of officer who shot at 16-year-old carjacking suspect

Katherine Langford
Editor-in-Chief · Thursday, October 15, 2026 at 10:44 PM · 1 min read
BCA releases name of officer who shot at 16-year-old carjacking suspect — KSTP 5, Robbinsdale Community news
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State officials have released the name of the officer who fired his gun at a teenage carjacking suspect last week in Minneapolis. RELATED: Minneapolis police officer fires gun during carjacking, 16-year-old arrested The Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) identified the officer as Tedros Semere. He has five years of law enforcement experience and has been placed on critical incident leave. The BCA said Minneapolis police responded to a report of a carjacking near the intersection of West 31st Street and Pillsbury Avenue around 4:45 p.m. on Oct. 8. As law enforcement arrived, the BCA said another carjacking was reported about a block away, at West 31st Street and Pleasant Avenue. The suspect in the carjacking was identified as a 16-year-old boy. Surveillance video in the area helped officers track the stolen car in real time, the BCA said. Semere and his partner were heading north on the 3000 block of Pleasant Avenue when they saw the suspect in the stolen car heading s

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