Shooting in Minneapolis is at least the eleventh incident in which police officers in the region have been hit by gunfire since April 2023

The fatal shooting of Minneapolis police officer Jamal Mitchell on Thursday marks at least the 10th time in less than 14 months that law enforcement officers in or near Minnesota have been killed or injured by gunfire.

“As tragic as this is,” Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said in a statement Friday, “I know we are not alone in Minneapolis. We know that attacks on police officers are increasing across our country, and Jamal happens to be the latest victim of this senseless and disturbing trend. It has become too easy to attack our police, and this must stop.”

10th of April: Hennepin County Sheriff’s Deputy Christopher Heihn was shot in the hand during an exchange of gunfire with 28-year-old Clint Hoyhtya while several officers attempted to execute an arrest warrant. Hoyhtya was killed.

February 18: In Burnsville, police officers Paul Elmstrand and Matthew Ruge (both 27) and firefighter and paramedic Adam Finseth (40) were shot dead in a house early in the morning after an hours-long standoff following a domestic violence call. The shooter then committed suicide.

December 7, 2023: St. Paul police Officer Michael Tschida was shot in the leg and killed in an exchange of gunfire with 24-year-old Brandon Daleshaun Keys of Maplewood.

October 12, 2023: In Glenwood Township, near Princeton, five police officers serving a search warrant were shot in a shootout with a man who was inside his home with numerous weapons. The suspect, 65-year-old Karl Thomas Holmberg, was injured before his arrest and was charged with six counts of attempted murder and aggravated assault on a police officer.

13 September 2023: In Algona, Iowa, police officer Kevin Cram was fatally shot while attempting to arrest 43-year-old Kyle L. Ricke of Algona on a harassment warrant. About four hours later, Ricke was arrested about 110 miles north in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota.

11 August 2023: Minneapolis police officer Jacob Spies was wounded by automatic rifle fire while pursuing a robbery suspect in an unmarked car on the North Side. Four people were arrested that night.

July 14, 2023: Fargo police officer Jake Wallin, 23, was killed and two other officers and a civilian were wounded by gunfire from Mohamad Barakat, 37, of Fargo. A fourth officer shot Barakat.

May 6, 2023: In western Wisconsin, 29-year-old St. Croix County Sheriff’s Deputy Kaitie Leising was shot and killed just outside Glenwood. Leising had responded to a 911 call about a drunk driver stuck in a ditch. The suspect, Jeremiah D. Johnson, 34, of Shakopee, was found dead nearby, a gun close to his body.

15 April 2023: In western Minnesota, Pope County Sheriff’s Deputy Joshua Owen was killed on his 44th birthday while responding to a domestic dispute call. Two other officers were injured. The suspected shooter, Bryan Nygard, 34, of Cyrus, Minnesota, died when officers returned fire.

8 April 2023: In western Wisconsin, two police officers were shot during a traffic stop in Cameron in Barron County: Officers Emily Breidenbach, 32, of the Chetek Police Department and Hunter Scheel, 23, of the Cameron Police Department. The suspect, Glenn Douglas Perry, 50, of New Auburn, Wisconsin, died in an exchange of gunfire.