Updated
Updated · KSTP · Sep 3
Minneapolis Apartment Shooting Kills 3 After Eviction, Wounding 2 Officers
Updated
Updated · KSTP · Sep 3

Minneapolis Apartment Shooting Kills 3 After Eviction, Wounding 2 Officers

3 articles · Updated · KSTP · Sep 3

Summary

  • Three people died in the Loring Tower shooting — including the suspected gunman, who a source said killed himself — and at least four others were wounded.
  • Officers were sent to the building at 4:36 p.m. after a report of someone shot; as they moved toward gunfire on an upper floor through heavy haze, two officers were shot and a third was hurt.
  • A city source said one officer was shot in the stomach and was stable after surgery by 6:45 p.m., while another was shot in the leg with non-life-threatening injuries.
  • Sources said police had already responded earlier Wednesday to a disturbance involving the same suspect, who had been evicted from the apartment that day.
  • The shooting shut down a broad stretch of downtown Minneapolis as ATF, the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office and state investigators joined the response.

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