Crime

Double shooting in Minneapolis leaves 1 dead, another injured

By WCCO Staff

/ CBS Minnesota

MPD: Double shooting leaves 1 dead, related to narcotics activity

MINNEAPOLIS -- Police in Minneapolis say an overnight shooting resulted in a fatality and injury.

According to police, officers to responded at around 1:10 a.m. Sunday to the 1700 block of East Lake Street on the report of gunfire.

Officers arrived and found two men, one already deceased and another with non-life-threatening injuries. The injured man was taken to Hennepin Healthcare.

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The Hennepin County Medical Examiner's office identified the man who died as 49-year-old Kevin Bernard Thompson, of Minneapolis.

"Preliminary information indicates that narcotics activity is related to this incident," police said in a release.

Investigation into the shooting continues, with no arrests announced at this time.

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