GoFundMe campaigns created to help victims of Minneapolis apartment building shooting
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GoFundMe pages have been created to support victims and their family members after of a a mass shooting at a Minneapolis apartment complex last week.
Investigators say three were killed in the shooting, including the shooter, and several people were injured, including Minneapolis police officers.
Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension superintendent Drew Evans called the incident an act of domestic violence and identified Carlton Neal Johnson II, 35, as the shooter. He said Minneapolis police pursued Johnson to the ninth floor of the apartment complex. Johnson was killed in an exchange of gunfire him and officers.
The Minnesota Star Tribune identified Nyemuoch Gatkuoth Pal, 33, as one of the victims and as Johnson’s former partner. Evans told reporters the incident began as a child custody exchange between parents. The child escaped with people in the area and was not physically harmed, according to Evans.
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Pal’s brother, Teathloach Pal, wrote on the GoFundMe campaign that Pal, “has fought hard to rebuild her life and create stability for herself and her girls.”
“Right now, everyday life has been turned upside down. Her recovery is limiting basic self-care, mobility around the house, and routine household tasks,” Teathloach Pal wrote. “On top of the physical recovery, she is also carrying the emotional toll of surviving such a traumatic act.”
The fundraiser will assist with medical bills and lost wages.
In another campaign, family members created a page for Jan Elaine Peterson, 56, the apartment building’s property manager. The page is run by Richelle Bronson, Peterson’s sister-in-law.
Bronson shares that Peterson is in critical, but stable condition.
“She has had multiple surgeries. Please pray for my brother, their children/grandchildren and our family,” Bronson wrote.
Another GoFundMe page was created by family members of Dale Henry Spry, 63, one of the victims who died. The fundraiser was created by Kendall Coleman, Spry’s niece.
“Dale was a big part of the Native American community and the Northside Minneapolis community,” Coleman wrote. “He was someone people knew, cared about, and respected.”
Funds raised will help support Spry’s burial services and help locate his children.
Chandra Colvin covers Native American communities in Minnesota for MPR News via Report for America, a national service program that places journalists into local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues and communities.
