A 26-year-old Inver Grove Heights man has been identified as the victim of a deadly shooting Thursday in Minneapolis’ Phillips neighborhood, the first homicide in the city since late July.
Man killed in shooting in south Minneapolis is identified
No arrests were announced in the fatal shooting Thursday afternoon in the Phillips neighborhood.
The Minnesota Star Tribune
August 18, 2024 at 1:52AM
The Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office on Saturday identify the deceased as D’Shawn JC Porter and listed his cause of death as a gunshot wound “of the head and neck.” A press release noted that Porter died at 1:49 p.m. and listed the manner of death as a homicide.
The shooting was reported shortly before 2 p.m. in the 2900 block of 12th Avenue S. No arrests had been made as of Thursday night.
Police said the victim was with a group of people when an altercation occurred and someone began shooting.
“It’s difficult because it happened in broad daylight on a weekday afternoon and now there’s another family that’s here and is being torn apart by gun violence,” Police Chief Brian O’Hara said in a statement.
O’Hara said the reason for the altercation wasn’t known. He indicated the incident may have been captured on video.
Minneapolis reported nine homicides in July. As of Wednesday, the city had recorded 41 homicides in 2024, the same count as of the same date in 2023, according to police data.
Staff writer Stephen Montemayor contributed to this report.
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