MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis police are investigating a deadly shooting in the Stevens Square neighborhood Tuesday night, the fourth homicide in the city in several days.
Minneapolis police said officers responded to a report of shots fired around 7 p.m. on East 19th Street between Nicollet Avenue and First Avenue South.
Upon arrival, officers found a man in his twenties suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
According to police, preliminary information indicates that a group was on the block when an altercation occurred between the victim and another person. That is when he was shot.
No arrests have been made yet, but police say they are following “a number of leads.”
This is the fourth fatal shooting in Minneapolis since last Friday, according to Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara.
There were two fatal shootings on Lake Street in Minneapolis: one early monday morning near 13th Avenue South and another Friday evening near Park Avenue. Another shooting left one person dead Large avenue south on Saturday evening.
