A man was killed and another wounded early Sunday when gunfire erupted at a late-night party in the Dinkytown neighborhood near the University of Minnesota campus.
Police said the shooting began about 2:15 a.m. at a "large group gathering" at a duplex in the 500 block of 12th Avenue SE., where there are many residences, a Montessori school and a house of worship.
No arrests have been announced, and the victims' identities have not been released.
Officers from the university and city police forces found one victim dead in a front yard and were alerted that a second gunshot victim was at Hennepin County Medical Center, police said. That second victim was expected to survive his wound.
"At this time, it is believed that this incident stemmed out of a gathering that happened at the residence," police spokesman John Elder said.
A notice issued by the University of Minnesota to faculty, staff and students stated that the victims are not associated with the U.
Police emergency dispatch audio reported moments after the gunfire that there was "a large group gathering at this location, and they are now starting to fight."
An officer at the scene was heard on the dispatch audio as describing the suspect as a man, age 18 to 20, 6 feet 2 inches tall, thin build, and of Somali ethnicity with a light complexion. He was wearing all black clothing and fled in an unspecified direction.
