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Three Early-Morning Minneapolis Shootings Leave One Man Dead and Two Injured

Homicide investigators are processing the Bloomington Avenue death after two juveniles were booked in a separate shooting

Overview

  • Police responded to three shootings that occurred within roughly 45 minutes in different neighborhoods early Sunday, with officers investigating all scenes.
  • Officers found a man with a life-threatening gunshot wound on the 2400 block of Bloomington Avenue who was taken to Hennepin Healthcare and later died; investigators recovered a firearm at the scene.
  • A 15-year-old girl was shot near Hennepin and Laurel and taken to Hennepin Healthcare, and police located and booked a 14-year-old and a 15-year-old into Hennepin County Juvenile Detention Center in that case.
  • About 20 minutes after the teen shooting, a separate incident on the 2500 block of 4th Street Northeast left a man with non-life-threatening gunshot wounds after an alleged parking-lot altercation; he was treated at North Memorial Health.
  • MPD forensic teams processed all scenes and homicide investigators continue to follow leads and collect evidence, leaving the Bloomington Avenue shooting an active homicide probe with no arrests reported there.