Authorities ID man found in backyard after being fatally shot in south Minneapolis

No arrests have been announced.

April 5, 2022 at 4:50PM

Darrell L. Sims II, 27, of Brooklyn Park was identified Tuesday as the man who was shot to death Saturday in south Minneapolis.

Sims was shot in the chest shortly before 10 p.m. in the 2400 block of Elliot Avenue, according to the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office. He died about nine hours later at HCMC.

Police responding to reported gunfire found Sims in a backyard, where he had fled after being shot. No arrests have been announced.

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