MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis Police said a man is dead and six others injured after two people opened fire on a group gathered in a backyard.
In a press release, police said officers got a report of a shooting around 10:15 p.m. and responded to a home in the 2200 block of 16th Avenue South. When they arrived at the address in the Ventura Village neighborhood in the Third Precinct, officers found multiple people with gunshot wounds.
Crews tried to save the life of a man in his 30s while treating other patients, but they were unsuccessful and he died at the scene.
His name and cause of death will be released by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner.
KARE 11's media partner MPR reports that the shooting took place at a punk show at Nudieland, a house venue in south Minneapolis.
Five people were taken to Hennepin County Medical Center in ambulances and police said others took themselves to the hospital for their injuries. One man had a potentially life-threatening gunshot wound and three men and one woman had non-life-threatening injuries.
"Most of them were graze wounds … and one person who went to the hospital did require surgery," Chief Brian O'Hara said in a press conference held Saturday afternoon with Mayor Jacob Frey.
At this time police think that a group of adults were in the backyard when two suspects walked up the alley and began shooting. Officials said the two then fled the area going northbound through the alley.
Police have not announced if anyone has been arrested in connection to this shooting.
"We believe at least one of the persons was being targeted by a shooter," O'Hara said over the weekend, but clarified Monday that "targeted" in this case meant that it was not a random shooting and the shooter was likely known to people at the scene. "We know two suspects ran from the scene. I can't confirm that there were two shooters though."
O'Hara said 10 shell casings were recovered on scene. As investigators work with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to follow up on leads, people are crowdfunding for the victim's family and his partner. Almost $100,000 has been raised in less than 24 hours.
KARE 11 will update this story as more information is made available.
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