Crime & Safety

Family, Friends Gather To Remember Mother Killed In Boom Island Park Shooting

Stageina Whiting, 23, was shot and killed at Boom Island Park on Sunday night. Five other people were hurt.

(CBS Minnesota)

June 4, 2025

Relatives are gathering Tuesday evening to remember a young woman who was gunned down at a popular Minneapolis park.

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Stageina Whiting, 23, was shot and killed at Boom Island Park on Sunday night. Five other people were hurt.

Friends and family will pay tribute to Whiting, who according to an online fundraiser, leaves behind an 8-month-old girl. The page says Whiting was a caring, loving, hardworking young woman who went to school and worked overnights to provide for her child.

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