BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. – One person was seriously injured Wednesday after gunfire erupted near a Twin Cities mall.
Brooklyn Park police say officers were called to a shopping center at Bottineau and Brooklyn boulevards just after 5 p.m., where they found spent shell casings.
They soon received word that someone had been taken to a local hospital with serious injuries related to the shooting.
Police say several agencies have assisted in the search for suspects, but no one is in custody as of Thursday afternoon.
About twelve hours later, the city’s SWAT team and members of the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office Emergency Services Unit simultaneously served high-risk search warrants at separate residences just blocks away from Wednesday night’s crime scene.
Police say “the residents at both locations have been safely contained and the homes have been secured.” It is unclear whether both raids were related to Wednesday’s shooting.
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