Man fatally shot in north Minneapolis

The 34-year-old victim has not yet been identified.

April 9, 2023 at 4:21PM

A man was fatally shot in north Minneapolis early Sunday morning.

Minneapolis police arrived at a house on the 1800 block of Russell Avenue N. at about 4:30 a.m. to find a 34-year-old with a life-threatening gunshot wound, according to a news release. The man later died at North Memorial Health Hospital.

Police gathered preliminary information that a "verbal altercation" led to gunfire at a gathering, the news release said.

There have been no arrests, and the shooting is under investigation. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner will release the man's name at a later date.

It was the city's 14th homicide in 2023.

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