Man dead after shooting in Robbinsdale, police say
ROBBINSDALE, Minn. — A 22-year-old Hastings man is dead and authorities are looking for a suspect after a shooting in Robbinsdale Monday evening.
Captain John Elder of the Robbinsdale Police Department said there were several reports of shots heard in the area of North Lowry and Indiana avenues shortly after 5 p.m., followed shortly by a crash detected from a cellphone in the same area.
Responding officers found a vehicle that had crashed and a man in the driver's seat with a gunshot wound. He was taken to the hospital, where he later died.
He was identified on Tuesday by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office as Treyvon Marcellis Molette, with his cause of death listed as a gunshot wound to the chest.
Police say the shooting is believed to be targeted and there is no threat to the public.
No arrests have been made. Detectives with Robbinsdale police are working with the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office to investigate.
Elder said this is the first homicide of 2024 in Robbinsdale.