Two injured, including possible stabbing, at Minnesota State Fair Saturday night

FALCON HEIGHTS, Minnesota — Minnesota State Fair Police said officers responded to two violent incidents Saturday night, including a possible stabbing.

Police said an “altercation involving multiple individuals” broke out at Underwood Street and Carnes Avenue just before 9 p.m. One person suffered an apparent head injury and was treated by medics at the scene.

Shortly after the second incident, police said a fairgoer was found with “a non-critical leg injury” near the DNR building between Carnes Avenue and Nelson Street. He was also treated and released by fair medics.

Police said it was unclear how he was injured because the victim and some witnesses “were not cooperative with officers.” No one has been arrested in connection with either incident.

Security has been reinforced at the fair since 2019, when Three people were shot and injured and a woman was hit by a vehicle just outside the gates on the last night of the fair.

In 2022, two separate shootings took place on the fairgrounds. An 18-year-old man was two bullets in the stomachAnd A fair visitor was shot in the leg in the middle of a fight on the Mighty Midway.

Before entering the show, visitors must now pass through a metal detector and bag check. In addition, 185 officers from more than 65 agencies are now involved in security, including several undercover officers who walk around the site.

Several dozen “ambassadors” — including officers, neighbors and violence interrupters — also patrol neighborhoods around the fairgrounds and provide updates via text and email to residents.