Police investigate shots fired at HCMC

Police have area closed off with crime scene tape.

August 27, 2014 at 2:07AM
HCMC082714 * Mark Vancleave - mark.vancleave@startribune.com * Minneapolis police investigated shots that were fired at Hennepin County Medical Center in downtown Minneapolis on Tuesday afternoon.on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014. [Police inspect damage to HCMC South 8th Street enterence.
Minneapolis police inspected damage to Hennepin County Medical Center's S. 8th Street entrance after gunshots were fired Tuesday afternoon. (Dml - Special To The Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

By Matt McKinney

Star Tribune Staff Writer

Minneapolis police were investigating shots that were fired at Hennepin County Medical Center in downtown Minneapolis on Tuesday afternoon.

The shooting happened outside the "red" entrance to HCMC, at 730 S. 8th St.

Police had this entrance to the hospital blocked off with yellow crime scene tape around 3:40 p.m. The street was closed between Park Avenue and Chicago Avenue.

There are bullet casings in street near 8th and Chicago Avenues.

Police believe it was possibly connected to a shooting earlier Tuesday near 38th Street and Portland Avenue S. in Minneapolis. Two people were injured just before noon with what police called "non-life-threatening injuries."

Check back for more details.

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Baird Helgeson is deputy local editor at the Star Tribune. He helps supervise coverage of local news. Before becoming an editor, he was an award-winning reporter who covered state government and politics. He has worked for news organizations in Minnesota, Florida and North Dakota.

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