Law enforcement release their reports on their Annunciation responses, Jake Lang won’t face felony charges in Minneapolis, and the Twin Cities radio community and beyond pay tribute to Charles “Chaz Millionaire” Dillon.
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WITH HEADLINES FROM AROUND THE STATE, I’M XAN HOLSTON.
“THE PEOPLE’S STATION” HAS LOST A VOICE THAT SOUNDED LIKE HOME...
[CM: WHAT’S HIS NAME?” RADIO CALLER: “CHAZ MILLIONAIRE!” CM: “THAT’S WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT…]
WE REFLECT ON THE SOUNDS OF CHARLES “CHAZ MILLIONAIRE” DILLON AFTER MORE THAN FOUR DECADES ON THE AIRWAVES..
BUT FIRST...
--ANNUNCIATION REPORT RELEASE --
NEWLY RELEASED LAW-ENFORCEMENT REPORTS... ROUGHLY 26-HUNDRED PAGES ... ARE SHEDDING NEW LIGHT ON LAST YEAR’S ATTACK AT ANNUNCIATION CATHOLIC CHURCH IN SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS.
THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE FILES TELL HOW MORE THAN 150 RESPONDERS TREATED THE WOUNDED... CLEARED ROOMS THROUGHOUT THE CHURCH AND SCHOOL... AND INTERVIEWED STUDENTS... PARENTS AND NEIGHBORS.
A SEPARATE STATE BUREAU OF CRIMINAL APPREHENSION REPORT SUMMARIZES INTERVIEWS WITH PEOPLE WHO KNEW THE SHOOTER... INCLUDING HIS PARENTS.
HIS FATHER TOLD INVESTIGATORS HE SAW NO WARNING THAT AN ATTACK WAS COMING... WHILE HIS MOTHER EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT HIS INTEREST IN REALISTIC TOY GUNS.
INVESTIGATORS SAY THE GUNMAN SHOT NEARLY 120 ROUNDS THROUGH CHURCH WINDOWS... KILLING EIGHT-YEAR-OLD FLETCHER MERKEL AND TEN-YEAR-OLD HARPER MOYSKI... AND WOUNDING 21 OTHERS.
TOMORROW MARKS ONE YEAR SINCE THE SHOOTING.
ANNUNCIATION IS RECOGNIZING THIS WEEK’S ANNIVERSARY WITH PRAYER AND SERVICE.
LIBBY … A NEIGHBOR WHOSE CHILD WAS IN PRESCHOOL WITH FLETCHER … SAYS THE COMMUNITY IS FOCUSING ON CARRYING --LOVE-- FORWARD.
[LIBBY, A NEIGHBOR: WE WILL BE HERE FOR THE LONG RUN, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT JUST HAPPENS AND GOES AWAY.]
THERE’S A PUBLIC ROSARY OUTSIDE THE CHURCH NIGHTLY AT NINE THIS WEEK... AND A FOOD DRIVE TOMORROW FOR INCARNATION FOOD SHELF FROM NOON TO FOUR IN SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS AT PEARL PARK.
THIS WEEK... NORTH STAR STORIES WEEKLY.. PRESENTS A SPECIAL EPISODE MARKING THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE TRAGIC EVENTS AT ANNUNCIATION CATHOLIC SCHOOL AND CHURCH.
LISTEN ON OUR WEBSITE OR ON YOUR LOCAL AMPERS STATION.
--LANG UPDATE--
FAR-RIGHT ACTIVIST JAKE LANG WON’T FACE FELONY CHARGES FOR HIS ROLE IN THE CONFRONTATION SATURDAY IN MINNEAPOLIS …
A DRIVER IN ONE OF LANG’S VEHICLES BUMPED INTO AN OFFICER AS HE HELPED PICK UP A PROTESTER …
BUT... THE HENNEPIN COUNTY ATTORNEYS’ OFFICE SAYS THERE’S NO PROOF LANG OR MEMBERS OF HIS GROUP INTENDED TO HARM ANYONE. .
THE MINNEAPOLIS CITY ATTORNEY COULD STILL PURSUE LESSER CHARGES AGAINST LANG.
LANG REMAINS IN HENNEPIN COUNTY JAIL WITHOUT BAIL BECAUSE OF LEGAL ISSUES IN ANOTHER STATE.
OFFICIALS HAVE ALSO IDENTIFIED THE MASKED-COSTUMED COUNTERPROTESTOR WHO IS SEEN ATTACKING LANG. OFFICIALS SAY.
WILLIAM LOVE, A RESIDENT OF THE TWIN CITIES WHO HAS HAD SEVERAL RUN INS WITH POLICE....WAS THE ONE WHO SHOWED UP IN THE SPIDERMAN COSTUME. LOVE IS CHARGED WITH MISDEMEANOR ASSAULT AND DUE IN COURT SEPTEMBER FOURTH.
--MPD POLICE-CHIEF LISTENING SESSIONS--
AGAINST THAT BACKDROP... MINNEAPOLIS IS ASKING RESIDENTS WHAT THEY WANT IN THE CITY’S NEXT POLICE CHIEF.
LISTENING SESSIONS BEGAN LAST NIGHT AT ‘THE DEPOT’ IN DOWNTOWN... AND CONTINUE THIS EVENING AT SABATHANI COMMUNITY CENTER AND FARVIEW RECREATION CENTER.
M-P-D SAYS FEEDBACK WILL HELP SHAPE THE NATIONAL SEARCH.
--STATEWIDE COURTHOUSE WEAPONS BAN--
BEGINNING SEPTEMBER FIRST IN MINNESOTA... FIREARMS AND OTHER WEAPONS WILL BE PROHIBITED IN COURT BUILDINGS ACROSS THE STATE.
CHIEF JUSTICE NATALIE HUDSON’S ORDER APPLIES TO PEOPLE WITH PERMITS TO CARRY... WITH LIMITED EXCEPTIONS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT.
[MUSIC TRANSITION]
--MILLE LACS FISH KILL --
OFFICIALS SAY WATER TEMPERATURE IS TO BLAME FOR AN ESTIMATED TEN-THOUSAND DEAD FISH THAT WASHED ASHORE ON MILLE LACS LAKE IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA EARLIER THIS MONTH.
IT WAS ONE OF MORE THAN 200 FISH KILLS REPORTED STATEWIDE DURING TWO WAVES OF EXTREME HEAT THIS SUMMER.
THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES SAYS WATER TEMPERATURES IN THE LAKE REACHED NEARLY 80 DEGREES … KILLING SCORES OF COLD-WATER FISH … BEFORE STRONG WINDS PUSHED THEM ASHORE.
THE STENCH REACHED HOMES... AS FAR AS 500-FEET INLAND. …
ONE HOMEOWNER DESCRIBED THE SCENE ... OR RATHER, THE SMELL... TO AMPERS MEMBER STATION K-A-X-E..
[JIM HESTAD: IT WAS KIND OF A MIXTURE OF FISH TISSUE AND GUTS AND STUFF … RIGHT AT THE POINT WHERE THE WAVES BREAK ONTO THE SHORE.]
THE D-N-R SAYS FISH KILL REPORTS ARE NOW SLOWING... AS OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES DROP.
--CHARLES ‘CHAZ’ MILLIONAIRE’ DILLON OBIT--
AND FINALLY...
[CM: KMOJ “THE PEOPLES STATION” … YOURS TRULY CHAZ MILLIONAIRE HOLDING IT DOWN...]
FOR MORE THAN FOUR DECADES... ONE VOICE HELPED MINNEAPOLIS HEAR ITS MUSIC... AND ITSELF.
KMOJ... THE PEOPLE’S STATION, AND AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY IS MOURNING THE LOSS OF “CHAZ MILLIONAIRE” .
MILLIONAIRE, WHOSE REAL NAME WAS CHARLES DILLON, GOT HIS BREAK ON AMPERS STATION K-F-A-I IN 1981 … AND SPEND MUCH OF HIS BROADCAST CAREER ON AMPERS STATION K-M-O-J … WHERE HE HOSTED “JAZZ REFLECTIONS” SUNDAY AFTERNOONS …CREATING SPACE FOR MUSIC... CONVERSATION AND COMMUNITY...
KMOJ GENERAL MANAGER FREDDIE BELL SAYS CHAZ GAVE THE STATION YEARS OF DEDICATION... LOVE... AND SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.
THE CHAZ VISION MEDIA LEGACY FUND WILL CONTINUE HIS LEGACY... HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE FIND THEIR OWN PATHS IN MUSIC... MEDIA... AND THE CREATIVE ARTS.
WITH NORTH STAR STORIES... I’M XAN HOLSTON