Man found fatally shot inside vacant building south of downtown Minneapolis

The Minnesota Star Tribune
February 17, 2024 at 9:14PM

Minneapolis homicide detectives are investigating the circumstances involving a dead body found Friday night in a vacant residential building in the Elliot Park neighborhood near downtown.

Shortly after 10 p.m. Friday, officers responded to reports of a body at the vacant building in the 1500 block of Park Avenue. The found an unidentified man inside the building with a fatal gunshot wound.

Forensic scientists with the Minneapolis police processed the scene and collected evidence. No arrests have been reported.

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Reid Forgrave covers Minnesota and the Upper Midwest for the Star Tribune, particularly focused on long-form storytelling, controversial social and cultural issues, and the shifting politics around the Upper Midwest. He started at the paper in 2019.

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