Mounds View police asked for the public’s help Thursday night to find a man suspected in a shooting that injured another man.

The afternoon shooting led to a SWAT response, a search and “a shelter in place” issued.

Officers were called to the 2100 block of Buckingham Lane in Mounds View about 12:05 p.m. Thursday on a report that a male had just been shot and the suspect ran away. Officers found the victim with a gunshot wound to the leg, and he was taken to Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis for treatment.

The Minnesota State Patrol, New Brighton Department of Public Safety and the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office assisted Mounds View police with setting up a perimeter and searching.

Through the investigation, law enforcement identified the suspect as Alex Robert Quevedo-Holmes. The 20-year-old is about 6 feet 2 inches tall, 168 pounds, and has brown hair and brown eyes, according to Mounds View police.

Investigators are processing multiple scenes and found a firearm. Quevedo-Holmes hadn’t been located as of Thursday night and Police Chief Ben Zender said “he is considered armed and dangerous, so do not approach.” Police ask anyone who sees him to call 911.

— Mara H. Gottfried

Senate rejects measure opposing gay marriage

The North Dakota Senate on Thursday rejected a measure that would have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2015 ruling that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.

A vote to approve would have made North Dakota the first state to make such an overture to the high court, after the state House passed the measure last month.

The resolution failed in a 16-31 Senate vote after about 10 minutes of debate.

Democratic Sen. Josh Boschee said in opposition, “I understand that this puts us all in a tough spot, but I ask you to think about who’s put in the toughest position with this resolution: the people of North Dakota who are the subject of the resolution ... the gay and lesbian North Dakotans who did not ask to be the subject of this conversation, but the conversation was brought to us.”

Republican Sen. David Clemens supported the measure, saying that while the U.S. Constitution does not mention marriage, the North Dakota Constitution recognizes marriage as between a man and a woman. Clemens said he took an oath to uphold that document.

Several people in the gallery applauded when the measure’s defeat was announced.

Massachusetts-based MassResistance pushed the measure and ones in other states.

The group called itself an “international pro-family group.” But it has been labeled an “anti-LGBTQ hate group” by the LGBTQ+ advocacy organization GLAAD.

— Associated Press

NTSB: Pilot error killed lawmaker and family

A deadly 2023 Utah plane crash was likely caused by the pilot, a North Dakota lawmaker, becoming disoriented while taking off at night without runway lights, federal aviation investigators said.

North Dakota state Sen. Doug Larsen, his wife and their two young sons died when the small plane Larsen was piloting crashed near the desert recreation town of Moab, Utah, after a refueling stop. They were on their way home after visiting family in Scottsdale, Ariz., when the plane’s landing gear struck a hill and brought the aircraft crashing down.

The National Transportation Safety Board said in its final report that Larsen lost his visual reference to the horizon and flew into rocky terrain. Security footage confirmed he did not turn on runway lights, which were fully operational at the time. Pilots can easily turn on runway lights with just a few clicks on the microphone at an uncontrolled airport like Canyonlands Airfield.

Investigators did not find any mechanical problems with the single-engine Piper plane.

Before the flight, Larsen had received a weather briefing and logged nearly 45 hours of previous night flying experience, investigators said. Their report indicated that Larsen had received instrument training, a certification that allowed him to fly in low visibility conditions relying solely on aircraft instruments. Investigators said it’s likely that Larsen did not appropriately monitor the plane’s flight instruments after takeoff.

— Associated Press

Hazelden Betty Ford opening new clinic

Officials at Hazelden Betty Ford announced Thursday that the foundation is opening its first clinic in Wisconsin.

Hazelden Betty Ford, one of the nation’s premier nonprofit providers of addiction treatment, is opening a clinic in Hudson “to meet the growing needs of the community,” officials said.

The clinic, which will be located at 900 Crest View Drive, will have a “mental health first” focus, and will offer “expanded access to psychiatrists and therapists, as well as integrated care for co-occurring mental health and substance-use disorders,” officials said.

“So often substance-use and mental-health issues such as anxiety, depression and trauma go hand-in-hand,” said John Engebreth, executive director of Minnesota and Wisconsin outpatient service for Hazelden Betty Ford. “We are opening this location to help residents of western Wisconsin manage these interrelated conditions — all in one place, close to home.”

A number of local foundations and philanthropists provided support for the clinic, including the Fred C. and Katherine B. Andersen Foundation, Robert and Heidi Hubbard, the Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation, the Hugh J. Andersen Foundation, Ruth and John Huss, the Ben and Mary Whitney Fund and the William H. Phipps Foundation.

The clinic is slated to open April 7.

— Mary Divine