Police: Man dies in south Minneapolis shooting Saturday afternoon
UPDATE: Authorities released the victim's identity on June 12, 2023. What follows is a revised version of the original story.
MINNEAPOLIS -- Police say a man in his 20s is dead after a shooting Saturday afternoon in south Minneapolis.
Around 2 p.m., Minneapolis police responded to a report of a shooting on the 2700 block of Blaisdell Avenue.
Officers found a man with a life-threatening gunshot wound and rendered medical aid before EMS transported him to Hennepin Healthcare, where he died.
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On Monday, the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office identified the victim as 20-year-old Lenin Alexander Chimborazo-Punina, of Minneapolis.
Police say that preliminary information indicates the man had been standing outside with others when at least one person fired shots at the group and left the area.
There have been no arrests in connection to the shooting.
