Family IDs police shooting victim; MPD bodycam footage released

The first week of 2021 starts very mild for January. The new year will likely start off with areas of fog Friday morning, especially in southern Minnesota, that lift by midday.There will be a mix of clouds and sunshine once again, with highs in the 20s for almost the entire state Friday. Read the latest on the Updraft.

Minneapolis police have released short bodycam footage of last night's officer-involved shooting that left a man dead.The man's family identifies him as Dolal Idd.

The video shows officers surrounding a car, blocking it in with their squads as the car rams into them. Seconds later, the video shows the driver looking out and his door window exploding outward, apparently from a shot fired from inside the car. Multiple officers then opened fire at the man. Police Chief Medaria Arradondo said the incident looked initially like officers had responded in line with their training.

The chief offered little other detail, other than saying officers were responding to a weapons investigation on what he called a probable cause basis, but did not give more information beyond that. The family of the dead man identified him as 23-year-old Dolal Idd. Idd’s father, Bayle Gelle said the family wanted answers about what happened.

Read the latest on last night's police shooting in Minneapolis here.

COVID-19 cases and deaths in Minnesota stayed mostly steady as 2020 wraps up and the pandemic moves into its second year.

The state reported 2,204 cases, up just a few dozen from Wednesday. Testing was up to its highest point since the weekend, to nearly 50,000 new tests. That's helped push the positivity rate below a benchmark 5 percent point for only the fifth time this month.

That may indicate the spread of the virus is slowing further. Deaths remain substantially above the rolling 7-day average for a second straight day, although another key metric, new hospital admissions, has hit its lowest point since before Election Day. The number of active, confirmed cases in the state has also fallen below 15,000 for the first time since Halloween.

Attorney General Keith Ellison has sought a contempt of court order against a Lakeville bar. The Alibi Drinkery was shut down earlier by a court after defying the state’s pandemic restrictions. The Alibi renewed its defiance and reopened today for a New Year’s Eve celebration, even as more court action was pending against the bar.

State authorities are also stepping up legal action against an event center in Winnebago, which is also threatening to open for a New Year’s Eve gathering.