Minneapolis man wounded in drive-by blow dart attack

No one has been arrested in the attack Thursday at Lowry and Vincent avenues N.

October 14, 2017 at 2:49AM

A 49-year-old man was walking home from work on Thursday afternoon when someone in a passing car shot him with a blow dart, according to a police report.

The victim told police that a dark-colored sedan passed him near the corner of N. Lowry and Vincent avenues about 2:27 p.m. as he was walking to his house, two blocks away.

The man suspected that someone in the car fired a dart at him, hitting him as he walked, causing a minor injury, the report said.

The victim was treated at a nearby hospital, where he recounted the bizarre episode.

The make and model of the car weren't mentioned in the report and no arrests had been announced as of Friday afternoon.

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Libor Jany

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Libor Jany is the Minneapolis crime reporter for the Star Tribune. He joined the newspaper in 2013, after stints in newsrooms in Connecticut, New Jersey, California and Mississippi. He spent his first year working out of the paper's Washington County bureau, focusing on transportation and education issues, before moving to the Dakota County team.

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