1 dead, 5 injured in south Minneapolis shooting
MINNEAPOLIS — A shooting near an encampment on the edge of Minneapolis' Seward neighborhood Monday night left one person dead and five others hurt.
The Minneapolis Police Department said the shooting happened just before 11:30 p.m. near 17th and Franklin avenues.
Officers from several departments — including Minneapolis park police, University of Minnesota police and Metro Transit police — aided fire crews and multiple EMTs at the scene. Police say officers also dispersed "an unruly crowd of more than 20 people."
Police said six people were shot in total and a woman later died from her injuries at Hennepin Healthcare. Her identity will be released at a later time by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office.
Police say a man suffered life-threatening injuries while two other men and two other women are expected to survive. A gun was recovered at the scene and police say a man was "arrested for obstruction and unrelated warrants."
Anyone with information on this shooting is urged by police to submit an anonymous tip online to Crime Stoppers, or call 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
About half an hour before the shooting, Metro Transit police and Minneapolis firefighters responded to the same area to help a man with his legs caught between a light rail train and the platform. He was taken to a hospital for minor injuries and has since been released.
