Minneapolis police arrest a man they believe shot and killed 3 people
[May 02, 2025]
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Authorities arrested a 34-year-old man
Thursday in connection with the fatal shootings of three people in
Minneapolis, and the city's police chief said it's likely another person
was killed the next day in retaliation.
Police have said that the four people killed and two others seriously
wounded in the multiple shootings were Native American, and authorities
strongly suspect the shootings were gang-related. However, Police Chief
Brian O'Hara said during a news conference Thursday that authorities are
still investigating the motives behind the shootings.
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Chief Brian O'Hara talks to the media after a deadly shooting the night
before on Wednesday, April 30, 2025 in Minneapolis. (Minneapolis Police
Department via AP) |
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The shootings shook a large Indigenous community south of
downtown Minneapolis. A 20-year-old woman, a 17-year-old boy and
a 27-year-old man were killed in Tuesday’s shootings, and a
28-year-old man and a 20-year-old woman were taken to a hospital
with life-threatening injuries. A 30-year-old man died in
Wednesday’s shooting.
The first shooting took place just before midnight Tuesday.
O'Hara said it's “entirely probable” that the second shooting
with a single victim was a response to the three deaths, and he
said someone else was responsible. It occurred about 1 p.m.
Wednesday a little more than a mile (1.6 kilometers) to the
northeast outside an apartment building housing the Minneapolis
offices of the Red Lake Nation tribe.
“But beyond that, I can't speculate further about some ongoing
beef,” O'Hara said.
The police chief said police believe the shootings are gang
related based on the “lived experience” of the people in the
area.
The U.S. Marshals Service said its local fugitive task force and
an FBI SWAT team arrested the suspect in the multiple shootings
Thursday afternoon. He was being held in the Hennepin County
jail and had not been charged as of Thursday evening.
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