Feds halt MN Metro Surge shooting evidence

Top story this hour is state and local investigators, they're still trying to get their hands on the gun that killed Alex Preddy. Now, the Hennepin County attorney months ago said that she'd made some progress in getting key evidence in the Metro surge shootings from the feds. But there are some new court documents now filed this week that show a stop in that cooperation. Our Emily Pulfold joins us now. So, Emily, what happened here? Walk us through it. Yeah, according to the court documents, the US Attorney for Minnesota said there's currently a pause on sharing critical case information with local prosecutors. Ever since the feds barred state investigators from the Metro search shooting scenes of Alex Preddy, Renee Good and Julio Sosa Solis. The BCA and Hennepin County attorney have been trying to get access to the evidence collected there, eventually suing the feds. The lawsuit today challenging the categorical withholding of all evidence from a state for criminal investigation is unprecedented in American history. A flurry of new court filings in that lawsuit showed the DOJ initially said information sharing would interfere with ongoing federal probes into the incidents. Then a reversal this summer, when the BCA says the federal government agreed to share information and collaborate on the three shooting investigations. Through the cooperation of our federal partners, We have obtained the hard drives of previously withheld evidence. The feds handed over Renee Good's SUV, the agent's gun, and also body camera video from all three shootings. But now the BCA is claiming in these court docs, the feds have cut them off again, still withholding key evidence, including the gun used to shoot Preddy, the agent's cell phones, and their recorded statements. So Emily, do the court documents indicate why there's been this reversal in cooperation so far? Yeah, in this court record, Moriarty claims that U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen attributed the current pause on sharing information to, quote, challenges with D.C. Moriarty's office doesn't have any updates on potential charges for the officers involved in the shootings. And Emily, I know you reached out to the federal government. What did they have to say? Yeah, I reached out to the DOJ and DHS and asked what those challenges are and when information sharing might resume, but did not hear back. All right, Emily Pofall in our newsroom here tonight. We'll continue to follow this.