Authorities ID Minneapolis man shot to death in Portland Avenue apartment

Police have not made any arrests but say "the investigation is going well."

December 11, 2019 at 12:00PM
A man was found shot to death in this fourplex. Credit: Jeff Wheeler/Star Tribune
A man was found shot to death in this fourplex on Portland Avenue in Minneapolis on Sunday. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Authorities on Tuesday identified the man who was fatally shot Sunday in an apartment near Portland and Franklin avenues in south Minneapolis.

Troy DeWayne Brant, 48, of Minneapolis, suffered multiple gunshot wounds at the fourplex in the 2000 block of Portland Avenue, according to the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office.

While "no one is in custody at this time," said police spokesman John Elder, "the investigation is going well." Elder declined to elaborate.

Officers were alerted to the gunfire in the block by ShotSpotter technology about 8:30 p.m. and soon located the man, who was dead at the scene.

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