A 17-year-old boy was seriously injured in a shooting in front of the Fourth Precinct headquarters in north Minneapolis on Sunday afternoon.
Teen seriously injured in shooting outside of Fourth Precinct building in Minneapolis
A 17-year-old was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, police said.
At 12:37 p.m., officers heard shots outside the building, located in the 2000 block of Plymouth Ave. N. Police found a male teenager with injuries that officers described as life threatening who was then taken to the hospital.
Police said an early investigation showed the teenager was walking on Plymouth Avenue when someone fired several shots from a vehicle, striking the teen. The vehicle fled the scene.
The Fourth Precinct building also was struck by gunfire. No officers were injured.
As of Sunday afternoon, no arrests had been made.
Special elections will be held Jan. 28 to fill vacant seats in the closely divided Minnesota House and Senate. More than a dozen candidates filed for a Senate seat, while a half dozen filed for a House seat.