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Officials identify man fatally shot in Minneapolis

Officers found the victim, later identified as 58-year-old Kevin Buster Jackson, on the sidewalk with gunshot wounds just after 1 a.m.
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MINNEAPOLIS — A man found fatally shot on a Minneapolis sidewalk early Sunday has been identified.  

According to a press release, officers from the Minneapolis Third Precinct responded to reports of a shooting and a Shot Spotter activation at the intersection of East Lake Street and Bloomington Avenue just after 1 a.m.

When officers arrived in the Powderhorn neighborhood, they found a man, identified Monday as 58-year-old Kevin Buster Jackson, who had been shot. Officers and medical services worked to save the man. EMS took him to Hennepin County Medical Center, where he died a few hours later. 

The Hennepin County Medical Examiner released that Jackson, a Minneapolis man, died of multiple gunshot wounds around 3 a.m. 

Investigators said they are working to figure out what happened, but there have been no arrests. 


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