Gunfire claimed two lives overnight Friday in north Minneapolis, and police spent Saturday searching for clues and suspects.
The deaths, in apparently unrelated incidents, marked the city's 32nd and 33rd homicides of 2016, and the second and third such deaths in the space of just over two days.
About 11 p.m. Friday, a woman identified Saturday by relatives as Dana Logan, 46, of Minneapolis, was shot in her car near 36th and Queen avenues N. She was taken to North Memorial Medical Center in Robbinsdale, where she died. According to scanner reports, she was shot in the chest.
On Saturday, relatives and strangers gathered at the spot where she was shot. A stuffed bear, balloons marked with her name and lit candles were placed there.
The victim's sister, Desonya Patterson, who was among those grieving at the scene, said Logan was recently married to Everett Logan, and that she had found her sister's wedding ring in the street.
Police have said little about the circumstances surrounding Logan's death. Patterson said her sister had just dropped off her grandniece when she was caught in crossfire from shooters who were on foot.
Logan didn't "bother anybody," Patterson said of her sister, whose photo she was clutching. She loved "casinos and bingo," she added. "Always took care of everybody."
Another sister of Logan, Jean Verna Patterson, said that although Logan had no children of her own, "she was like a mother to plenty of kids. … She interacted with them, was always taking them places and buying them stuff. They had a big heart for her."
