Minneapolis police arrest man charged with shooting neighbor who reported many threats
MPD SWAT response in south Minneapolis in attempted arrest of John Sawchak
Sawchak, who has a history of mental illness, was charged last week with second-degree attempted murder in the shooting of 34-year-old Davis Moturi. Moturi, who was gravely injured, lives next door to Sawchak in the 3500 block of Grand Avenue S.
In an online fundraiser, Caroline Moturi detailed how the harassment began when the family moved into their home next door in September 2023.
“What should have been the start of a wonderful chapter with my husband became a living nightmare,” she wrote. “Shortly after moving in, our neighbor began harassing us, threatening us, and stalking us. Despite multiple calls to the police for help, we were consistently informed nothing could be done. At one point, an officer who responded to our distress told us to ‘just move out.’ ”
Davis Moturi was hospitalized after being shot while outside his home in south Minneapolis. His neighbor has been charged with attempted murder. (With Permission from GoFundMe)
On Wednesday, Moturi was shot once in the neck while pruning a tree near the property line. The bullet fractured his spine and broke two ribs.
Caroline Moturi detailed in the online fund-raiser that the shooting left her husband with a concussion and blood accumulating in his lungs. He has since been released from the hospital.
“I can’t bring myself to think of where we would be had the angle of the bullet been slightly different,” she wrote. “My husband is alive with no thanks to the MPD or Mayor Jacob Frey.”
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