Police have given the “all clear” after issuing emergency alert Sunday morning near the Minnesota State Fairgrounds following a robbery spree in the east Twin Cities metro.
The alert was sent to cellphones at around 10:20 a.m., telling people to avoid the area south of the fairgrounds along Como Avenue, with Transit Way and the Canfield Street gates to the fairgrounds closed due to “police activity in the area.”
An “All Clear” alert was sent out around noon, confirming the police operation is over.
The Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office has since confirmed that the emergency alert was issued to the whole of Ramsey County at the request of Minnesota State Fair police…