Eight people were injured in six separate shootings across Minneapolis over a bloody 48-hour span over the weekend, police said.
The victims — seven men and one woman, ranging in age from 21 to 55 — suffered gunshot wounds to the legs, arms, chest and neck, none of which appeared to be life-threatening, according to police.
It wasn't immediately clear whether any of the shootings were connected or somehow related to ongoing gang disputes on the city's north and south sides. Vehicles were involved in four of the six shootings.
The weekend's violent outburst began about 6:47 p.m. Friday when officers responding to multiple 911 calls found a 23-year-old man lying outside of a store at the corner of E. 24th Street and 10th Avenue S. with a gunshot wound to the leg. Police said witnesses and surveillance video led them to believe the man was injured in a drive-by shooting.
About four hours later, First Precinct officers encountered a man, 24, whose leg was grazed by a bullet during a dispute between people in two vehicles. Police learned later that he had been shot at by someone in another vehicle in the area of Franklin and Riverside avenues.
The Saturday shootings:
1:10 a.m.: Shortly after reports of shots fired in the 600 block of E. 15th Street, a 27-year-old male was dropped off at HCMC, telling police that he had been riding in a vehicle when he was shot in the arm.
3:01 a.m.: Security at the Hilton Hotel downtown, at 1001 S. Marquette St., tried to break up a large fight that spilled outside onto the sidewalk and ended in gunfire. Two men, ages 21 and 33, later checked into HCMC to be treated for gunshot wounds to the neck and the foot, respectively.
