Midday mass shooting leaves one dead and three injured in Minneapolis
By Crime Watch MN, Feb. 27, 2024
[This information is preliminary and may be subject to change in relation to the number of dead and injured]
A midday shooting Tuesday at a troubled intersection in south Minneapolis, Minn., left at least one dead and three others injured.
Crime Watch reported just before 1:30 p.m. that two people had been shot near Chicago Avenue South and East Franklin Avenue, based on police scanner audio. About ten minutes later, another person who had been shot during the incident showed up at a local hospital. Police have since updated that a total of four people were shot.
Police found several casings outside the Minneapolis Market.
In a press briefing held by Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara following the shooting, he acknowledged that the intersection is a “hotspot” and a “problematic location.”
Crime Watch has often reported that the area is known for drug sales and other illegal activity and is known to have regular police surveillance.
There were two stabbings at the location on Monday, as well as a reported assault with a baseball bat.
Last week, Crime Watch reported that a man now charged in relation to a triple murder in Coon Rapids had been arrested at the Chicago/Franklin site just a few weeks earlier.
Omari Malik Shumpert, 19, was observed in December by police engaging in suspected drug transactions and then threw a gun and narcotics while attempting to flee from police.
However, Shumpert was released from custody at Hennepin County Jail before being charged in the crime. Charges were filed the following week, and a warrant was issued for Shumpert’s arrest. He was wanted on that warrant at the time of the triple murder.
Earlier in December, Crime Watch posted about another suspect apprehended at Chicago/Franklin following another police foot chase. Jaquan Lavelle Jackson, 28, of north Minneapolis was arrested and charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm and third-degree narcotics sales.
In August, there was another mass shooting at the location of Chicago/Franklin in which at least 8 people were injured by gunfire. Audio posted by Crime Watch following that shooting event indicated the sound of automatic gunfire.
We will continue to follow any developments.
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