One dead, one seriously wounded in shooting in Brooklyn Park strip mall parking lot

The Minnesota Star Tribune
December 8, 2024 at 3:19AM

One person died and another was seriously wounded in a shooting Saturday afternoon in a Brooklyn Park parking lot.

Brooklyn Park police officers responded to a shooting around 2 p.m. Saturday in a strip mall parking lot near the busy intersection of Brooklyn Blvd. and Bottineau Blvd., not far from a Target and a Menards.

Officers found two victims and began to aid them before both were taken to a hospital, according to a police spokesman.

One of the victims was later pronounced dead. The other was seriously wounded. Identities for the victims werenot available Saturday night.

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Reid Forgrave

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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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