A 28-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the shooting death of a man found in a vehicle near U.S. Bank Stadium, Minneapolis police said Saturday.
Man arrested in fatal shooting near U.S. Bank Stadium; victim identified
The man who died was found in a running vehicle in a parking lot, police said.
January 1, 2023 at 8:55PM
Officers responding to reports of gunfire Friday night found a man sitting inside the running vehicle in a parking lot with gunshot wounds. Life-saving efforts were unsuccessful, police said.
The man, who the Hennepin County Medical Examiner identified as 26-year-old Jeremy Demond Ellis of Plymouth, died Friday night at the scene. The cause of death was multiple gunshot wounds, according to the medical examiner.
The 28-year-old man who was arrested was booked on probable cause of murder, Minneapolis police said. The man, a Rochester resident, was taken into custody at the Hennepin County jail at 3:40 a.m. Saturday, jail records show.
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Minneapolis police officers and Hennepin County deputies responded around 9 p.m. to shooting reports near 6th Street and Chicago Avenue on the east side of downtown Minneapolis.
Minneapolis police interviewed several people, and forensic scientists responded to collect evidence, police said. A homicide investigation is continuing.
