MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis police say a suspect is in custody in connection with a fatal shooting that occurred during an armed robbery Tuesday night inside a business in the city's Cedar-Riverside neighborhood, not far from the University of Minnesota's West Bank campus.
Squads were called to the intersection of Cedar Avenue and Riverside Avenue around 7 p.m. where they found a man suffering gunshot wounds inside a store on the 400 block of Cedar Avenue.
Preliminary findings suggest the "victim/clerk" was shot by the suspect as he attempted to rob the store, before fleeing by car.
After being taken to nearby Hennepin County Medical Center, the victim later died from his wounds, according to police.
Police spokesman John Elder says the suspect was identified and arrested in St. Paul overnight. The man is being held pending official charges.
Elder says this is the city's 24th homicide of 2021.
Anyone with information on the fatal incident or the person responsible is asked to contact CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), or submit information electronically on their website.
Police say all tips are anonymous.