Minnesota man charged with murder after allegedly driving into protesters with car

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A Minnesota man was charged with murder on Wednesday after he allegedly rammed his car into a crowd of protesters in Minneapolis, killing one person.

Nicholas Kraus, 35, of St. Paul, faces one count of second-degree intentional murder and two counts of second-degree assault with a deadly weapon, according to a criminal complaint filed by the Hennepin County Attorney. Police responded to the scene on late Sunday night, where they found a female victim with severe head injuries and another person with leg and rib injures, the criminal complaint said. The woman did not survive.

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