MINNEAPOLIS — Two fatal shootings in Minneapolis overnight are the 48th and 49th of the year, pushing the city past the total of homicides registered in all of 2019.
Minneapolis police spokesman John Elder says squads responded to a 911 call just before 12:30 a.m. reporting multiple gunshots fired. At the same time, troopers with the Minnesota State Patrol in the area of 46th Street and Hiawatha Avenue heard those same gunshots and responded to the scene.
Troopers say they stopped a speeding vehicle in the area, and found a woman driving a severely injured man suffering from gunshot wounds. Troopers provided first aid to the man until they were relived by paramedics.
The man was taken to HCMC in grave condition, according to police, and did not survive.
The woman driving the vehicle is not considered a suspect, and police say no one is in custody at this time.
A second homicide was discovered shortly before 6:30 a.m., when someone reported someone down on the 100 block of East 59th Street. Squads responded to an apartment building at that address and found a man who was obviously dead from gunshot wounds.
"At this time what precipitated the shooting is unclear, and we're unclear where the shooting took place," Elder told reporters, saying that the victim may have been shot somewhere else and then dumped at the scene.
The body found on the city's south side pushes the number of murders in Minneapolis to 49 for the year, eclipsing the 48 reported in all of 2019.
At this point Minneapolis police have no one in custody in either homicide. Anyone who knows anything is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). Tips may be submitted electronically at the CrimeStoppers website. All Tips are anonymous and persons providing information leading to an arrest may be eligible for a financial reward.