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Three people being investigated in Uptown murder
What started out as a traffic stop has mushroomed into much more.
On Tuesday night, police witnessed a car seen running through a south Minneapolis stop light. The driver refused to pull over for police and a slow speed chase ensued. During the chase officers say they saw the occupants of the car throwing items from the windows.
After the car being pursued crashed into another vehicle, police arrested the three occupants. But instead of the petty misdemeanor charge of a traffic offense the troubles are mounting for these three.
Police went back to where the items were tossed from the car windows and found three loaded handguns. And the three they took into custody, two men and a woman, have lengthy criminal records. Now the question is, are they in anyway linked to the murder, in Uptown, of Michael Zebuhr.
"At this point members of our criminal investigation division are saying there's no connection, however we will be exploring that possibility," cautioned Police spokesman Ron Reier.
Investigators will be doing ballistics tests to see if any of the recovered handguns match up to a bullet that may have been recovered from the body Zebuhr. The 25-year-old Clemson graduate student, his mother, sister and a friend were returning to their car parked south of Calhoun Square after dinner on Saturday night, when two men approached and demanded the mother's purse. She handed it over but one of the robbers pulled a gun, and without provocation, shot Zebuhr in the head. He died on Monday, March 20.
That all happened just ten blocks from where Tuesday night's police chase began. Police sources tell KARE 11 News the car that fled police is the same make and light color as was described by witnesses at the murder scene.
Police spokesman Ron Reier says they have 36 hours to charge the three who were arrested after the car chase. Right now they're likely looking at illegal weapons charges.
Police say they have police car dash-cam video of the occupants heaving the guns from the car windows. Police are also reviewing surveillance video from an Uptown bank's drive-up ATM where a customer was approached by two Somali men Saturday night a couple of hours prior to the murder.
Because of the possible link to a Somali gang, a group calling itself the Somali Justice Advocacy Center is offering a $2,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the murder. Justice Center Executive Director Omar Jamal reminded people that the smallest thing can make a difference in this case, " we tell them, whatever you know sometimes you think is not relevant to the crime, but please call the police and share that information with police."
Residents of the Uptown area have set up a Memorial Fund for the family of the West Virginia native killed Saturday, March 18 near Calhoun Square.
If you'd like to contribute, send your donation to:
The Michael Zebuhr Memorial Fund
c/o TCF Bank
612 Washington Avenue S.E.
Minneapolis, MN 55414
A vigil will be held at 8 p.m., March 25 near the intersection of 31st and Girard, where Michael was killed.
