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Man, 37, dies in south Minneapolis shooting

Police investigate fatal shooting of 37-year-old man
Police investigate fatal shooting of 37-year-old man 00:24

MINNEAPOLIS — A 37-year-old man died on Tuesday afternoon after a shooting at an encampment in south Minneapolis.

Minneapolis police say officers responded to the 2400 block of 16th Avenue South around 2:15 p.m. The man was behind an empty residence with a life-threatening gunshot wound.

Officers tried to render aid, and he was taken to the hospital, where he died. Thursday, the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office identified him as Curtis Johnson of Minneapolis.

Police are investigating. No one has been arrested.

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