Three wounded early Friday in Dinkytown shooting

Police believe there was a fight before gunfire erupted.

The Minnesota Star Tribune
November 2, 2024 at 9:21PM

Bullets struck three people early Friday in Dinkytown near the University of Minnesota, leading to one man being hospitalized with serious injuries.

Officers with the U and Minneapolis police heard gunfire around 2:15 a.m., according to Minneapolis police Sgt. Garrett Parten. They rushed to 4th Street and 13th Avenue SE., where they found a 22-year-old man with “at least one” potentially life-threatening gunshot wound.

Officers helped the man until he was transported to HCMC in downtown Minneapolis. Within an hour two more males, ages 18 and 17, were taken to HCMC with noncritical gunshot wounds.

Parten said none of the people wounded were students, but had no update Saturday on their conditions.

Investigators believe the gunfire came moments after a fight involving several people at the Dinkytown intersection. No arrests had been announced as of Saturday afternoon.

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Kyeland Jackson is the St. Paul public safety reporter for the Star Tribune.

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