ROBBINSDALE, Minn. — A man is dead and authorities are searching for a suspect after a shooting in Robbinsdale Monday night.
Capt. John Elder of the Robbinsdale Police Department said there were several reports of shots fired in the area of ​​Lowry and Indiana Avenues North shortly after 5 p.m., followed shortly after by a crash detected by cell phone in the same area.
Responding officers found a vehicle that had crashed and a man, believed to be in his mid-20s, in the driver’s seat with a gunshot wound. He was taken to hospital, where he later died.
According to the police, this is probably a targeted shooting and there is no threat to the public.
The Hennepin County Medical Examiner will release the man’s identity and cause of death.
No arrests have been made. Detectives from the Robbinsdale Police Department are working with the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office to investigate the case.
Elder said this is Robbinsdale’s first homicide of 2024.
