Gun Control and Dave Velk

Gun control in the West Metro

Edina successfully passed new gun laws in 2026. St. Louis Park needs to step up and make a plan for gun control laws that can go into effect once state preemption is lifted. We can go before the City Council and ask for gun control to be added to the legislative priorities next year.

Advocacy for Dave Velk

I have organized and raised funds for my fellow music community member, Dave Velk, who was killed by gun violence in 2023. His case remains unsolved. Join me in advocating for Dave Velk and his family by asking local law enforcement and the candidates for Hennepin County Attorney to work on his case. Dave's life mattered, and his death should not go unnoticed by our community and city and county institutions.

Call these two numbers for updates on the case. Head of Minneapolis Police homicide, Lt. Schroeder: 612-673-2117. The office of the Governor of Minnesota: 651-201-3400.

More folks to reach out to: Mayor Frey and Michael Rainville, Ward 3 City Council member.

All the best,

Sarah

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More on your right to information from a reporter on the case:

Many documents may be withheld or redacted because it is under active investigation, but state law says the public is entitled to very basic info, including:

Subd. 6. Response or incident data.

The following data created or collected by law enforcement agencies which document the agency's response to a request for service including, but not limited to, responses to traffic accidents, or which describe actions taken by the agency on its own initiative shall be public government data:

(a) date, time and place of the action;

(b) agencies, units of agencies and individual agency personnel participating in the action unless the identities of agency personnel qualify for protection under subdivision 17;

(c) any resistance encountered by the agency;

(d) any pursuit engaged in by the agency;

(e) whether any weapons were used by the agency or other individuals;

(f) a brief factual reconstruction of events associated with the action;

(g) names and addresses of witnesses to the agency action or the incident unless the identity of any witness qualifies for protection under subdivision 17;

(h) names and addresses of any victims or casualties unless the identities of those individuals qualify for protection under subdivision 17;

(i) the name and location of the health care facility to which victims or casualties were taken;

(j) response or incident report number;

(k) dates of birth of the parties involved in a traffic accident;

(l) whether the parties involved were wearing seat belts;

(m) the alcohol concentration of each driver; and

(n) whether the agency used a portable recording system to document the agency's response or actions.