MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis police on Sunday were investigating multiple shootings overnight that left six people injured in four separate incidents.
Police say two people are in custody.
The first shooting was reported at 9:30 p.m. Saturday when a man suffered non-life-threatening gunshot wounds.
About 30 minutes later, police responded to reports of gunfire on the 2400 block of Elliot Avenue and found a man in the backyard of a home who was seriously injured from gunshot wounds. The 27-year-old man later died at the hospital on Sunday, Minneapolis police said on Sunday afternoon. Police added that evidence suggests the victim ran into the backyard after being shot on that block.
On April 5, the Hennepin County Medical Examiner identified the man as 27-year-old Darrell Lamont Sims II of Brooklyn Park. The medical examiner ruled his manner of death to be homicide, caused by gunshot wound to the chest.
The third incident involved a fight outside a business shortly before 2 a.m. Sunday. Police say they found a man with non-life-threatening injuries, but that his care was made more difficult by a large and unruly crowd. A suspect was arrested in that shooting.
The fourth shooting was reported at about 2:20 a.m. when officers discovered a woman with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound. Another woman suspected in the shooting was arrested, police said.
While investigating that scene, police say two men with non-life-threatening injuries arrived at a hospital in private vehicles. Police did not specify how they were related to the shooting.
Officials have not said if any of the shootings were related.
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