Suspect arrested in shooting in Virginia, Minn.

Police in Eveleth, Minn., have arrested a 30-year-old.

July 27, 2019 at 11:03PM

Police in Eveleth, Minn., have arrested a 30-year-old suspect in a nonfatal shooting in nearby Virginia.

Just before 7 p.m. Friday, officers found a man with a gunshot wound to the head in the 800 block of 6th Avenue S., according to Virginia Police Chief Nicole Young-Mattson. The man was taken to Essentia Health Hospital and airlifted to Duluth, where he remains hospitalized, she said in an e-mailed statement. The victim's name has not been released.

The suspect was arrested about 5:45 a.m. and booked into St. Louis County jail pending attempted murder and assault charges, police said. The Star Tribune generally does not name people before they're charged.

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