On the evening of November 5th, chaos briefly ensued in a quiet neighborhood as police responded to a distress call from the 4500 block of Edinbrook Terrace N. According to the Brooklyn Park Police Department, the incident, initially reported as a domestic-related burglary tied to a child custody dispute, saw officers swiftly dispatched to the scene after a suspect allegedly forced entry into a residence just before the cusp of evening at 5:51 pm.
Witnesses described a sudden rush of activity as the area swelled with the presence of law enforcement seeking to apprehend the suspect who, by accounts, had already fled the scene adding a layer of urgency to the manhunt that was aided by a police K9 unit and a drone scanning the locality from above. The heightened police activity disrupted the neighborhood calm, but was deemed necessary due to the nature of the reported crime.
Details surrounding the incident have been scarce, but initial reports confirm that the suspect, identified as male, managed to evade the initial search parameter set by the officers on the ground. There has yet to be confirmation on whether the suspect had any connection to the occupants of the home or details regarding the exact nature of the child custody issue presumed to be at the heart of the event…