Police in Austin, Minn., were searching for two suspects in a drive-by shooting Friday night that left one man dead and wounded two others.
Austin police investigating fatal drive-by shooting
The southern Minnesota police department said the drive-by shooting killed one man and injured two passengers.
June 10, 2023 at 9:31PM
Authorities said the shooting occurred about 10:40 p.m. Friday. Five people were in a vehicle in the 700 block of 2nd Street NW. when a shooter fired at them from another vehicle.
The car rolled and crashed into an unoccupied home, authorities said, killing the male driver of the car. Two passengers wounded in the shooting were taken to Mayo Clinic Health Systems in Austin before being transferred to Mayo Clinic Hospital in Rochester. Both were listed in serious but stable condition.
None of the victims had been identified by police as of Saturday evening.
Austin police, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and the Department of Corrections were investigating the shooting, which they said was a targeted attack.
Authorities were looking for a white 2015 Dodge Durango with Minnesota plate JAG300, along with two people believed to have been in the vehicle, a 28-year-old driver and a 23-year-old passenger. The Star Tribune typically doesn't name suspects who haven't been charged.
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