Crime & Safety
Woman Dead, Officers Hospitalized After Suspected CO Poisoning
The first officer on scene found a woman in the apartment, but he fell in and out of consciousness as he tried to help the victim.
MAPLE GROVE, MN — Authorities in the north metro believe carbon monoxide was to blame Friday night after a woman was found dead in her apartment and three responding officers needed to be hospitalized.
The Maple Grove Police Department says emergency crews responded around 5:30 p.m. to a fourplex unit on the 13600 block of 86th Avenue on a report of a strong gas smell. The first officer on scene found a woman in the apartment, but he fell in and out of consciousness as he tried to help the victim.
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