{"id":300892,"date":"2026-07-20T18:26:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T18:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/300892\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T18:26:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T18:26:52","slug":"crime-roundup-brooklyn-park-police-seek-man-in-home-invasion-assault-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/300892\/","title":{"rendered":"Crime Roundup: Brooklyn Park Police Seek Man in Home Invasion Assault Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>1:05 PM | Monday, July 20, 2026<\/p>\n<p>Brooklyn Park police are seeking the public\u2019s help to locate a man who sexually assaulted a woman at gunpoint in her townhome early Friday, July 17.<\/p>\n<p>Police were called at around 5 a.m. to the townhome complex in the 7600 block of Hampshire Ave. N. for a reported armed home invasion. According to police, the victim reported waking up to an unknown man holding her at gunpoint. The man demanded money from the victim before sexually assaulting her, police said. He then left the scene on foot before police arrived.<\/p>\n<p>The man is described as the following:<\/p>\n<p>Light-skinned Black male<br \/>\nAge in early 20s<br \/>\nMedium build and estimated to be 5\u20192\u2033 to 5\u20196\u2033 in height<br \/>\nWore a black hoodie-style sweatshirt, gray sweatpants and glasses<\/p>\n<p>The incident drew a large police response that included assistance from Crystal and Brooklyn Center police officers, but the man was not located.<\/p>\n<p>Police are asking the public to check their security cameras and yards for video or possible evidence related to the crime. CCX News reached out to Brooklyn Park police Monday morning, but there were no further updates.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information is urged to contact the Brooklyn Park Police Department at 763-493-8222, or through the <a href=\"https:\/\/tip411.com\/agencies\/bppd\/groups\/8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow external noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Tip411 website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Woman Sought As Person of Interest in Park Shooting<\/p>\n<p>Brooklyn Park police, meanwhile, are seeking an unidentified woman believed to be involved in the firing of gunshots Thursday night, July 16, at Central Park.<\/p>\n<p>Police said they found evidence of gunshots after being called to the park\u2019s football field, located at 8440 Regent Ave. N., at around 8 p.m. Thursday.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>No injuries were reported, police said. It\u2019s unclear what led to the shooting.<\/p>\n<p>Brooklyn Park police detectives released a photo of a woman believed to be involved and are asking for the public\u2019s help to identify her.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-205075\" class=\"wp-image-205075 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Woman-Person-of-Interest.jpg\" alt=\"Person of interest in Brooklyn Park shooting at Central Park\" width=\"441\" height=\"612\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-205075\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo released by Brooklyn Park police of person of interest in Central Park shooting.<\/p>\n<p>CCX News also contacted Brooklyn Park police Monday morning seeking an update, but there were no new details released.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who may know the person in the photo or have more information about the incident is urgent to contact the Brooklyn Park Police Department at 763-493-8222 or <a href=\"https:\/\/tip411.com\/agencies\/bppd\/groups\/8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow external noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">report an anonymous tip via Tip411<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ccxmedia.org\/city\/brooklyn-park\/\" rel=\"tag follow noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\">Brooklyn Park<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"1:05 PM | Monday, July 20, 2026 Brooklyn Park police are seeking the public\u2019s help to locate a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":300893,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-300892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=300892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300892\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/300893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=300892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=300892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}