A gunshot victim found Saturday night on Interstate 94 in Brooklyn Center later died from his injuries.
Few details have been released by police, but Cmdr. Garett Flesland shared in a news release that officers were dispatched to I-94 just south of I-694 around 9:30 p.m. Saturday on a report of a shooting.
Officers found a man suffering from a gunshot wound. He was transported to an area hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
Flesland said in an e-mail that the victim had been a passenger in a vehicle with two juveniles inside, but neither juvenile was injured in the shooting.
While police say they are no longer seeking any individuals, several people at the scene were detained and detectives are conducting interviews. According to jail records, a 42-year-old man was arrested.
The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office, Minneapolis police and Minnesota State Patrol assisted at the scene, and the shooting remains under investigation by Brooklyn Center police.
Kim Hyatt • 612-673-4751
