MINNEAPOLIS — One man is dead and another is hospitalized after an early morning shooting on East Lake Street in Minneapolis.
Police said officers were called to an alley in the 1700 block of East Lake Street for a report of gunfire.
When officers from the Third Precinct got to the Phillips neighborhood, they found one man dead and a second with what officials described as non-life-threatening injuries.
The Hennepin County Medical Examiner said Kevin Thompson, of Minneapolis, was the man killed in the shooting.
The examiner identified multiple gunshot wounds as the cause of Thompson's death.
Emergency crews helped the injured man until Fire and EMS arrived, then the man was taken to Hennepin County Medical Center.
Officials said preliminary information suggests that narcotics activity is related to this shooting.
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