As gun violence continues to wrack the Minnesota metropolis of Minneapolis, a STRING of gunshots over the course of two days left two people dead and nine more injured.
According to a recent analysis on gun violence trends in the city, violent gun crime has increased dramatically since 2019 with killings up 166%, gunshot victims up 10%, and the number of firearms recovered up 263%.
Four people were shot outside a club on Friday night in the Hawthorne district, including two pregnant ladies and a 17-year-old girl.
According to police, one of the males and the teenager were taken to the hospital after suffering critical, potentially fatal injuries.
According to Fox9, preliminary investigations revealed that an automatic weapon may have been used outside the pub, maybe from a vehicle.
Only a few hours had passed since a string of shootings, one of which took place right around the corner.
Around one in the morning on Friday, police received reports of a second shooting on Washington Avenue South in the Cedar-Riverside area.
Officers arrived at the scene outside a bar and discovered a man in his 30s suffering from serious injuries. After being transferred to Hennepin Health, the man passed away from his wounds.
Another man was taken to the hospital with injuries that may have been fatal. Unknown is his state right now.
With less severe wounds, two more males in their 30s who were transported to Hennepin Health.
After a teenager was discovered dead from gunshot wounds on Plymouth Avenue in the Near North neighbourhood at around 8:15 p.m., this awful incident took place hours later.
The 16-year-old died in the hospital despite the best efforts of the medical staff.
Police said four persons had been shot at Winner Gas, which is located at the junction of West Broadway and North Lyndale Avenues, about the same time.
According to authorities, the victims included one woman and three men.
The men drove separately to the hospital, where they both had possibly fatal wounds.
Both the woman and the other man were hurt, although not seriously.
Officers reacted to reports of an alleged robbery and gunshot in the Battle Creek area in St. Paul, which is only seven miles away.
They verified that a man had been shot and hurt.
The victim reported to authorities that while he was returning from a night out with friends, a group of individuals ambushed him, stole his money, and then shot him.
Police were dispatched to the Payne-Phalen neighbourhood on Friday about twelve hours prior to this alleged robbery.
A man’s chest was shot in by a gunshot. Police said he doesn’t have many more days left.
The Minneapolis Police Department noted the emergence of fully automatic firing in its report from August.
According to the poll, the first instance of fully automatic shooting in the city occurred in South Minneapolis during a SpotSpotter activation in August of 2020.
