Authorities ID man fatally shot over weekend in Minneapolis

The shooting occurred late at night; no arrests announced.

May 24, 2022 at 12:13PM

Authorities have identified the man who was fatally shot over the weekend in Minneapolis.

Michael D. Smith, 32, of Minneapolis was shot in the torso shortly before 2 a.m. Sunday in the 2200 block of N. Ilion Avenue, the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office said.

Smith died at the scene after receiving aid from officers and emergency medical personnel, police said.

No arrests have been made in what is one of Minneapolis' 37 homicides so far this year, according to a Star Tribune database.

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