Folk versus Frazier: The Hennepin County Attorney’s race could mean the difference between life and death

She was dressed as Strawberry Shortcake when gunshots woke her up. 

It was 2:00 a.m. on Nov. 1, 2025, overshadowing a night of Halloween celebrations. 

A body was sprawled over the sidewalk on 13th Avenue Southeast where, just hours earlier, Ella Albrecht had walked home from Mesa Pizza.

She had fallen asleep after a late-night mac and cheese slice, but 20 automatic gunshots shattered the silence of her sixth-floor bedroom. 

She ran out to her balcony, half awake, and watched as a man ran from the scene holding a gun. Five others ran toward the man’s body, ripping his shirt o...