Liz Sawyer
Reporter
Breaking news, crime and correctionsSawyer graduated from Syracuse University's Newhouse School of Public Communications with a degree in newspaper and online journalism. She worships her alma mater's college hoops team and thinks an orange is, in fact, a suitable mascot.
Latest from Liz Sawyer
Minneapolis police arrest man with history of reported abuse in suspicious death of roommate
Scott W. Carlson, 67, was charged with third-degree assault Monday in connection with a July attack against the same woman that left her hospitalized with facial, eye fractures.
December 4, 2025
Former Minneapolis police employee charged with wage theft amid state probe into falsified overtime
The civilian employee is accused of inflating his timesheets with overtime hours he never worked at some community events that never happened.
December 2, 2025
Minneapolis man charged with first-degree murder in ex-girlfriend’s shooting death
David Wright, 51, is accused of shooting Mariah Samuels outside her North Side home less than three weeks after she filed a protective order against him.
November 25, 2025
10 years later, lessons of Jamar Clark police killing in Minneapolis live on
The 24-year-old’s death marked a seminal moment in the Twin Cities police accountability movement, spurring changes in how use-of-force incidents are handled.
November 15, 2025
Minneapolis City Council Member Jamal Osman carjacked by two teen boys
Police confirm two pursuits related to carjackings Monday, leading to four arrests in separate incidents.
November 12, 2025
Editor's Pick
Minneapolis woman’s killing exposes gaps in how police investigate domestic violence
In the aftermath of a brutal assault, department leaders failed to assign an investigator to Mariah Samuels’ case. That’s not uncommon.
October 30, 2025
Timeline of Mariah Samuels case
Nearly one month after she first sought help, Mariah Samuels was killed outside her north Minneapolis home; her ex-boyfriend is charged in her murder.
October 30, 2025
Editor's Pick
The heroes of Annunciation
First responders recall the chaos and trauma of Aug. 27, when a mass shooting at Annunciation Church in south Minneapolis killed two children and wounded more than two dozen others.
October 26, 2025
Wrong-way crash in Lakeville kills 1, critically injures another
An 85-year-old driver was traveling southbound in the northbound lanes of Cedar Avenue when he collided with another motorist, police say.
October 12, 2025
Second person dies days after two mass shootings along stretch of Lake Street in Minneapolis
A man and woman have died and five were wounded in the pair of shootings 12 hours apart.
September 20, 2025
City clears Minneapolis landlord’s homeless encampment hours after mass shooting
Four people suffered life-threatening injuries in a shooting on Hamoudi Sabri’s vacant lot. City officials vowed to close it down, despite potential legal challenges.
September 17, 2025
Four mass shootings in three weeks leave Minneapolis on edge as leaders search for solutions
In the span of 12 hours Monday, 12 people were shot in two separate locations in Minneapolis. The city was already reeling from weeks of violence.
September 17, 2025
