According to Minneapolis police, 22 children have been struck by gunfire so far in 2021. Among them:
A look at youths struck by gunfire in Minneapolis
According to police, 22 children have been struck by gunfire so far in 2021.
May 19, 2021 at 12:58AM
Jan. 4: A 7-year-old is grazed by a bullet when 17 rounds were fired at 24th and James avenues N.
Feb. 14: A 15-year-old is shot in the shoulder at Olson Hwy. and Lyndale Avenue N.
March 8: Kohlin Louis Fohrenkam-Differenthorse, 14, died when he was shot several times in the 2600 block of Cedar Avenue S.
March 27: A 16-year-old is shot in the leg in the 3200 block of Emerson Avenue N.
March 28: A 16-year-old is shot in the leg and a 17-year-old is shot in the hand at a gas station in the 1600 block of West Broadway.
March 29: A 16-year-old is shot in the 900 block of West Broadway.
March 29: Aries Trayvon Hubbard, 17, is killed in a shootout in the 400 block of 14th Avenue SE. in Dinkytown.
April 8: A 13-year-old is struck at a bus stop at Penn and Broadway avenues N.
April 12: Jaden Blackmon, 15, dies after a shootout in which another man, 35, was killed.
April 26: A 1-year-old is struck by bullet fragments in the hands in the 1800 block of Lowry
Avenue N.
April 30: Ladavionne Garrett Jr., 10, is shot in the head while riding in a vehicle in the 3400 block of Morgan Avenue N.
May 9: A 15-year-old was shot in the abdomen in the 2700 block of Bryant Avenue N.
May 15: Trinity Ottoson-Smith, 9, is struck in the head by gunfire while bouncing on a trampoline in the 2200 block of Ilion Avenue N.
May 17: Aniya Allen, 6, is struck in the head by gunfire while riding in a vehicle in the 3500 block of Penn Avenue N.
May 18: A 17-year-old boy was shot and injured in the 3500 block of Emerson Avenue N.
LIBOR JANY
“They’re stealing from us … You’ve got to increase the penalty on these crimes. These are crimes against children, in my opinion,” Walz said.
