MINNEAPOLIS — The owners of an Uptown Minneapolis apartment building will be assessing damage after a shootout triggered significant flooding late Sunday night.
Police were called to the Uptown Lake Apartments on the 1200 block of West Lake Street just before 9:30 p.m. after reports of gunfire. When a KARE 11 photojournalist arrived on the scene there were obvious signs of damage to the building, apparently from gunfire, and water was pouring off the balcony of a fourth-floor apartment.
That water cascaded off the balcony onto units below. Residents say about 20 people have been displaced by damage caused by the shooting.
On Monday morning Minneapolis police confirmed that responding officers found evidence of gunfire on the street, and damage to buildings and at least four vehicles located along Freemont Avenue South from the Greenway all the way to Lake Street. Later Monday, police said two women who had been sitting inside one of the affected vehicles reported being injured by broken glass.
Authorities also said some of the building's windows were also broken as a result of gunfire, while a fire sprinkler in a vacant apartment was determined to be the cause of flooding.
Police say preliminary information suggests shots were fired both from a vehicle and by an individual on foot, and they believe the hail of gunfire erupted during a memorial gathering for the victim of a fatal shooting that happened just one block away on Friday night.
One witness told KARE 11 he was up on the roof of a nearby venue when more than 30 shots rang out. "That was one of the scariest things I've ever heard," he said.
At least 70 evidence markers were laid out in the area of the building as Minneapolis police officers processed the scene.
MPD says it has launched extra patrols in the neighborhood, while planning to utilize additional law enforcement resources to enhance safety in the area, which officials say has recently seen an increase in shots fired reports.
So far, police say, no arrests have been made in relation to Sunday night's incident.
KARE 11 will share details on the incident and the status of displaced residents as it becomes available.
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