Victims identified in Mpls. shootings, unrelated double stabbing
The Hennepin County Medical Examiner has released the identities of two homicide victims in unrelated shootings in north Minneapolis over the holiday weekend.
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A double stabbing also took place early Sunday morning, according to the Minneapolis Police Department.
Cabrie Devon Young, 28, died of a gunshot wound to the chest the night of 4th of July, at 11:51 p.m., according to the medical examiner's office. Two other victims in the shooting are expected to survive, according to police.
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The shooting took place on the 3400 block of Dupont Avenue North. Young was found dead inside a home as officers arrived, police said. The other two adult male victims were taken to North Memorial Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries.
Police later arrested one of the two men taken to the hospital.
In another north Minneapolis shooting around 5 a.m. Saturday, Francesca Marie DeSandre, 24, died of multiple gunshot wounds, according to the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office.
The shooting took place on the 2600 block of North Third Street in Minneapolis. Another woman was taken to North Memorial Medical Center with serious injuries and gunshot wounds in this shooting.
No one is in custody for the Saturday shooting. Police said they believe this was not a random incident.
Minneapolis Police Department spokesman Scott Seroka said details will be released in criminal complaints if any suspect is charged.
A double stabbing also took place early Sunday morning, around 12:43 a.m., according to Seroka.
The incident happened at the 1000th block of Currie Avenue in Minneapolis. Two victims suffered non-life threatening injuries, Seroka said. A male victim was taken to Hennepin County Medical Center, and a female victim took herself to HCMC a short time later, he added.
"If you look at all three of these cases, they're not related in any way shape or form," Seroka said.
Police continue to investigate the cases, he added.