Mpls. police: Bogus 911 call from suspect lured officers into bloody ambush

 
 A Minneapolis park police officer was stabbed near this pedestrian bridge over Minnehaha Creek in south Minneapolis Tuesday night when she confronted a robbery suspect.

The Minneapolis park police officers who responded to a reported late-night robbery near Minnehaha Creek were lured there by a bogus 911 call from the suspect, who then stabbed both officers before one of them shot and wounded the man, police said Wednesday.
When investigators interviewed the suspect, Marsenior P. Johnson, 38, he admitted that he made up in his call Tuesday night to 911 because he wanted to draw police in order to attack them. Police have yet to say whether Johnson explained his motive for the scheme.
Johnson, of Minneapolis, whose criminal history includes convictions for domestic assault and theft, is currently under guard at Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) and will be booked into jail on felony second-degree assault when he is ready to be moved.
According to police:
Just after 11:20 p.m., two Park Police officers -- one male, one female -- were dispatched on the robbery call to Minnehaha Parkway W. at Bryant Avenue S. The caller said he had been robbed at knifepoint by multiple suspects.
The officers encountered Johnson at the intersection shortly before 11:45 p.m., thinking he was a robbery victim.
It was then that Johnson stabbed the male officer in the chest with a knife, but "the officer's life was saved by his body armor, which prevented the knife from penetrating," Minneapolis police said in a statement.
Johnson then stabbed the female officer in the upper back. She also suffered a serious cut to her head when she fell to the street. Her partner then shot Johnson, bringing his attacks to a halt.

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