Crime & Safety
Teen Girl Dies Days After Minneapolis Shooting
Police are investigating after a 17-year-old girl died days after being shot in north Minneapolis earlier this month.
MINNEAPOLIS — Police are investigating after a 17-year-old girl died days after being shot in north Minneapolis earlier this month. No arrests have been made.
On July 7 just after 9:30 p.m., officers responded to a ShotSpotter activation indicating a shooting near Dowling Avenue North and Fremont Avenue North.
Police found a 17-year-old girl seated in a vehicle with potentially life-threatening gunshot wounds. Officers treated her until she was transported to North Memorial Health.
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A 30-year-old man with wounds from the same shooting incident later arrived at North Memorial Health in a passenger vehicle. The man is expected to survive.
However, on July 12, police were notified that the girl died from her injuries at the hospital.
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Police believe the teen was seated in the vehicle which was parked in a parking lot when the shooting occurred.
Minneapolis investigators are working to determine how the teenager and man are connected to the incident.
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