Minneapolis man fatally stabbed in Brooklyn Center is ID d
Police said they have arrested a woman who was in a long-term relationship with the man.
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The man who was fatally stabbed in Brooklyn Center on Saturday has been identified as a 40-year-old Minneapolis man.
According to the Hennepin County Medical Examiner s Office, Gus Lewis Jr. died from a stab wound to the chest at 1:30 a.m. at North Memorial Health Hospital in Robbinsdale.
Brooklyn Center police officers responded to the 5500 block of Humboldt Avenue shortly after 12:30 a.m. Saturday, where they found Lewis with a stab wound, police said over the weekend.
Next Step goes to the front lines of gun violence in Minneapolis, starting with the shooting victims Advocate helps gunshot victims recover, avoid retaliation. January 30, 2021 3:42pm Text size Copy shortlink:
He can tell you who was shot here.
Driving along W. Broadway in north Minneapolis, Farji Shaheer talks about a woman who took a bullet through her Dodge Durango in this very spot. He tells the story of a 10-year-old who was shot in the back seat of his mother s car. He speaks of the teenager who was about to leave for college when rivals shot up his house.
Shaheer, 41, is on his way to visit yet another man recovering from gunshots at North Memorial Health Hospital in Robbinsdale. In a few hours he will go home to his great-nephew, who survived a shooting of his own. All the while, he fields calls from others shattered by gunfire.
Sam Riley, security chief at PPL in Minneapolis and friend to many, dies at 63 January 30, 2021 2:58pm Text size Copy shortlink:
Riley, 63, died of cancer Jan. 12 at North Memorial Health Hospital in Robbinsdale. Sam handled [dying] as he did most things, said Kristen Barstow, his partner of many years. He took it into his own hands and dealt with it.
Riley, raised by his adoptive parent, Jesse Riley, graduated from Minneapolis North High School, attended the University of Minnesota and served four years in the Army National Guard. He was trained as a paratrooper, but Barstow said he didn t enjoy jumps.
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The Hennepin County medical examiner has identified victims of two separate homicides last week on Minneapolis North Side.
Joseph Matthew Pixley, 40, of Minneapolis, was fatally stabbed early Friday inside a residence in the 2000 block of N. Queen Avenue. Police found him there after getting a 911 call just before 4 a.m. Friday.
Pixley was taken to North Memorial Health Hospital in Robbinsdale, where he later died of a stab wound to the chest.
No arrests have been reported in Pixley s death. Hours earlier, police had responded to a call about a shooting inside a residence in the 400 block of N. 33rd Avenue. When they arrived around 10 p.m. Thursday, they found a man shot in the torso.