No Arrests After Downtown Shooting Leaves 1 Dead, 1 Injured
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Police are searching for a suspect after an overnight shooting in downtown Minneapolis left a woman injured and a man dead.
The Minneapolis Police Department says the shooting happened around 2:20 a.m. Sunday on the 300 block of 3rd Avenue North, just north of the Target Field.
When officers got to the scene, they found the victims suffering from gunshot wounds. Paramedics provided care, but the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
An ambulance brought the other victim to Hennepin County Medical Center, where she is being treated for a non-life-threatening injury, police say.
The names of the victims have yet to be released.
Police say investigators are interviewing witnesses and recovering surveillance video from the scene.
So far, no arrests have been made.
Mayor Betsy Hodges released a statement on the shooting, which she described as the city's first since the start of 2017.
"One homicide is too many," the mayor said. "[E]very victim leaves behind loved ones who grieve the loss. My heart is with those grieving today."
The incident comes a day after three people were shot in downtown Minneapolis early Saturday morning. That incident happened near the intersection Third Street and First Avenue North.
Minneapolis Police Chief Janee Harteau said Sunday that the two incidents appear to be separate and unrelated. The cases are similar in that there were altercations before the shootings, and the victims in the shootings were the intended targets.
The victims are currently not cooperating with authorities.
Harteau said Sunday that due to the weekend shootings, additional uniform and plain clothes officers will be allocated to the warehouse district.
Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call police at 612-692-8477 or leave an anonymous tip by texting 847411.
