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Man shot and killed within Minneapolis Cedar-Riverside neighborhood KARE Staff © Provided by KARE-TV Minneapolis-St. Paul Minneapolis PD says one man is dead following a shooting that took place Tuesday after an armed robbery within the citys Cedar-Riverside neighborhood - not far from the University of Minnesotas West Bank campus. Police say they were called to the intersection of Cedar Avenue and Riverside Avenue around 7 p.m. where they located a man suffering gunshot wound...

Copy shortlink: Yadhira Romero Martínez moved from Mexico to Minnesota in September to work and send money back home to her family. Relatives of the 19-year-old say she left her job at Bloomingtons Walmart on Thursday around 4:30 p.m. in an Uber ride-share. By Friday afternoon, police had a home in south Minneapolis cordoned off with crime tape where her body was found after someone called 911 for a welfare check. On Sunday evening, Minneapolis police announced 23-year-...

Authorities ID man, 19, shot to death at south Minneapolis street corner A preliminary investigation suggests that the suspect and victim were familiar with each other, according to police.  April 26, 2021 — 7:39am Text size Copy shortlink: A 19-year-old man has been identified as the victim of a fatal shooting in south Minneapolis last week. Iaan J. Wade, of Minneapolis, was shot multiple times about 8:40 p.m. Thursday on a street...

A gentle, kind soul: 19-year-old Latina woman IDd in south Minneapolis homicide A male suspect is in custody. This is the 23rd homicide in Minneapolis this year.  April 25, 2021 — 12:00pm Text size Copy shortlink: A 19-year-old Latina woman who recently migrated from Mexico to Minnesota was found dead Friday afternoon in south Minneapolis, and one male suspect is in custody out of state. At a vigil Saturday evening near the house w...

Womans death is Minneapolis 23rd homicide of 2021 A suspect is in custody, police said.  April 24, 2021 — 11:19am Text size Copy shortlink: The discovery of the body of a young woman in a south Minneapolis residence has now become a homicide investigation, police said Saturday. Police spokesman John Elder said that the victim, whose identity will be released after an autopsy, is a woman in her 20s. She was found "obviously deceased...

A suspicious death is under investigation in south Minneapolis, according to Minneapolis police spokesman John Elder.

No arrests had been announced as of Friday afternoon.

Listen • 2:42 People wait for the verdict in Derek Chauvins trial over the death of George Floyd outside the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis on Tuesday. Bureaucratic prose is often written not to make things plain, but explain them away. It may be especially telling this week, when 12 jurors found former police officer Derek Chauvin guilty in the murder of George Floyd, to reread the first report the Minneapolis Police media relations office gave of Floyds death....

Evidence in Chauvin case contradicted first police statement Associated Press 1 hr ago By CLAUDIA LAUER, Associated Press © Provided by Associated Press George Floyd Officer Trial PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Moments after former officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murder in George Floyds death, copies of the original Minneapolis police statement began recirculating on social media. It attributed Floyds death to “medical distress” and made no mention that the Black man had ...

Police investigating fatal shooting in Minneapolis Phillips neighborhood The shooting occurred at E. 22nd Street and Oakland Avenue, just south of downtown.   April 22, 2021 — 9:37pm Text size Copy shortlink: Minneapolis police are investigating after a man was fatally shot Thursday evening in the Phillips neighborhood. Officers responded to a report of a shooting at 8:39 p.m. and found a man in his 20s suffering from gunshot wound...