BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. — The Hennepin County Medical Examiner's office has identified the two people who died following a shooting on Monday, July 3 in Brooklyn Center.
According to Brooklyn Center Police, officers were working near Shingle Creek Crossing shopping center when they heard a single gunshot. As officers were searching for the source of the gunshot, a second shot was heard. Officers then found two adults with gunshot wounds near a vehicle, with one person inside, and the other outside. Both were pronounced dead at the scene.
The medical examiner identified the two people as 68-year-old Tou Pao Khang and 58-year-old Youa Vue Khang on Tuesday, July 11. According to the ME's report, Youa Vue Khang's manner of death was a homicide and Tou Pao Khang died by suicide.
A handgun was recovered from the scene.
"At this time the incident does not appear random and no arrests have been made," Brooklyn Center Police said in a statement following the deaths.
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