Crime & Safety

Minneapolis Police Investigating City's First Fatal Shooting In More Than 2 Months

Officers responded to reports of shots fired on the 2000 block of West River Road North around 10:17 p.m.

(CBS Minnesota)

April 21, 2025

Minneapolis police say a man died in a shooting outside an apartment on the north side Saturday night, marking the city's first homicide in two months.

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Officers responded to reports of shots fired on the 2000 block of West River Road North around 10:17 p.m.

Upon arrival, police found a man in his 20s suffering from a fatal gunshot wound. He had been inside a vehicle that had crashed into the garage entrance of an apartment building, police say.

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