Two arrested in connection with fatal shooting in NE Minneapolis

Minneapolis police officers have arrested two men in connection with Monday's fatal shooting in northeast Minneapolis.

The shooting occurred at about 4 p.m. on Monday in the 2500 block of Marshall St. NE. The victim, Gerald Dwayne Brookins, 42, was transferred to Hennepin County Medical Center, where he died a short time later.

The killing brought the city's homicide count to 15 for the year.

The Hennepin County Attorney's Office has not yet filed charges against the two suspects.

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