Man dies after apparent shooting at home in south Minneapolis

Preliminary information indicates that a man forced entry into a home and assaulted an occupant.

February 5, 2022 at 9:54PM
A man died early Saturday morning in Minneapolis, apparently of gunshot wounds fired after he allegedly forced entry into a home (Star Tribune file/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

A man died early Saturday morning in Minneapolis, apparently of gunshot wounds fired after he allegedly forced entry into a home, violating a restraining order.

Minneapolis police responded about 3 a.m. to a call reporting a shooting in the 3800 block of Grand Av. S., a police news release said. Officers found a man unresponsive with suspected gunshot wounds. Medical aid was provided but the victim died at a hospital.

Preliminary information indicates that the man, allegedly violating a restraining order, forced entry into the home. During an assault, shots were fired and the man was struck. Others were in the home at the time.

Minneapolis crime scene technicians and homicide detectives are investigating. No arrests have been made. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office will release the man's identity along with the nature and cause of death.

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Katy Read writes for the Star Tribune's Inspired section. She previously covered Carver County and western Hennepin County as well as aging, workplace issues and other topics since she began at the paper in 2011. Prior to that, she was a reporter at the Times-Picayune in New Orleans, La., and the Duluth News-Tribune and spent 15 years as a freelance writer for national and regional magazines.

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