8 injured in Minneapolis shooting
Updated: Aug. 21, 8:05 a.m. | Posted: Aug. 20, 10:15 p.m.
Police are investigating after a shooting left eight people injured in Minneapolis Sunday evening.
The shooting happened in front of a grocery store near East Franklin and Chicago avenues, according to the Minneapolis Police Department.
The victims, including five juveniles, were taken to a local hospital, but police said none of their injuries are life threatening.
Police officials said Monday morning that three males with apparent gunshot wounds and a fourth male with a graze wound were all transported to Hennepin Healthcare in multiple ambulances. Two more males and an adult female also arrived at Hennepin Healthcare, all with non-life-threatening gunshot wounds.
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A juvenile male arrived at Children’s Hospital with at least one non-life-threatening gunshot wound, according to a police statement.
Hospitals did not release any identifying information on any of the injured.
The eight individuals, according to police, were identified as one 15-year-old boy, three 16-year-old boys, one 17-year-old boy, one 18-year-old man, one 45-year-old woman, and one 48-year-old man.
Metro Transit police officers first heard gunshots just before 6 p.m. Sunday. Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara told KARE 11 that when police responded, they found three victims with gunshot wounds in front of the Minneapolis Market.
“We have information indicating that at least two gunman fled from the scene on foot northbound on Elliott Avenue from Franklin Avenue,” O’Hara said. “We believe that at least one assault weapon was used in this incident. We're asking for anyone with information to contact the Minneapolis Police.”
O'Hara said 41 shell casings from three different calibers of ammunition were found at the scene.
No arrests have yet been made in the case.
Fewer people have been wounded by gunfire this year in Minneapolis than have been in past years. According to the city of Minneapolis, so far this year at least 241 people have been wounded by gunfire. That number doesn’t include gunshot wounds recorded this past weekend.
According to an MPR News analysis of the numbers, there have been 40 percent fewer gunshot injuries compared to this same period in 2021 and 34 percent fewer than the same period last year. The city’s gunshot wound numbers also include people killed by gunfire.
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