Minneapolis

A judge has vacated the first-degree murder conviction for Marvin Haynes, who was sentenced to life in prison for a 2004 murder at a Minneapolis flower shop. Hennepin County Judge William Koch on Monday morning signed an order vacating Haynes' conviction in the slaying of Randy Harry Sherer at Jerry's Flower Shop. Haynes, who was 16 at the time of the 2004 crime, was convicted and sentenced to life in prison in 2005.

A judge has vacated the first-degree murder conviction for Marvin Haynes, who was sentenced to life in prison for a 2004 murder at a Minneapolis flower shop. Hennepin County Judge William Koch on Monday morning signed an order vacating Haynes' conviction in the slaying of Randy Harry Sherer at Jerry's Flower Shop. Haynes, who was 16 at the time of the 2004 crime, was convicted and sentenced to life in prison in 2005. Koch recently held a two-day post-conviction hearing on Haynes' case in which Haynes insisted he was innocent nearly 20 years after the crime.

Marvin Haynes was released from prison on Dec. 11, 2023, after serving nearly 20 years in prison. His life sentence for the 2004 flower shop murder was vacated.

The Minnesota Supreme Court is hearing an appeal to a cold case murder conviction Monday. A jury convicted Jerry Westrom of first-degree premeditated murder of Jeanie Childs last year. Childs was killed in Minneapolis in 1993.

Volunteers gather at the Minneapolis Convention Center to hand out free winter coats, hats, boots, toiletries and provide some health services to the homeless community. The event hosted by Coated in Love Ministries and runs until 3 p.m. Monday.

Less than 24 hours after being attacked and killed with a golf club, a growing memorial outside of the Oak Grove grocery store shows how many lives Robert Skafte touched.

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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara provides details on the resolution of a six-hour-long standoff that left a grocery store cashier "bludgeoned and impaled by a golf club" Friday in Loring Park.

Minneapolis Animal Care and Control's "Home for the Holidays" program has people fostering dogs for the holiday season. FOX 9's Mary McGuire reports.

At least two people have died in a multi-vehicle crash Thursday night. Two others were injured and taken to the hospital, but their condition is currently unknown.