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Two Separate Minneapolis Shootings Leave Two People Critically Injured

Video evidence and multi-agency teams are guiding active investigations while no suspects have been publicly identified

Overview

  • Police found a woman with suspected gunshot wounds in a North Minneapolis parking lot after officers responded around 3:12 a.m. Saturday and she remains in critical condition.
  • Officers located a man with a suspected gunshot wound to the abdomen on northbound I-35W after video showed a shooting on eastbound I-94 Saturday afternoon and he is listed in critical condition.
  • Investigators say both suspected shooters fled the scenes in vehicles and no arrests or public suspect identifications have been announced.
  • Minneapolis police are relying on surveillance video, the department’s FAST investigators and assistance from the Minnesota State Patrol to collect evidence and follow up with witnesses.
  • Authorities say the cases are active and developing, and they come after other recent weekend shootings in multiple cities and a high-profile Sept. 2 Minneapolis high-rise shooting that prompted multi-agency probes.