Injured woman found shot in a car in Minneapolis with dead man also dies

November 18, 2015 at 1:35AM

A 23-year-old woman who was found shot in a parked car in south Minneapolis has died.

Police on routine patrol heard shots shortly before 2 a.m. Monday and discovered the wounded woman in a car on the 2800 block of 15th Avenue S. A 39-year-old man in the car also had been shot and was dead when police arrived.

The woman was taken to Hennepin County Medical Center, where she died Monday night.

The Hennepin County medical examiner will release the identities of the man and woman and the cause of death.

No arrests have been made.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call police at 1-800-222-8477 or text an anonymous tip to CRIMES (274637) and begin the message with: TIP674.

Mary Lynn Smith

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Mary Lynn Smith is a general assignment reporter for the Star Tribune. She previously covered St. Paul City Hall and Ramsey County. Before that, she worked in Duluth where she covered local and state government and business. She frequently has written about the outdoors.

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