Authorities have identified the man who was shot to death over the weekend in Minneapolis' Uptown.
Rayshawn E.J. Brown, 30, of St. Paul, was hit by gunfire late Saturday and died at the scene, the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office said Monday.
No arrests have been announced in connection with Brown's death.
Police said they responded just before midnight to a report of shots fired in the area of S. Hennepin and Lagoon avenues. They located a wounded Brown near S. Girard Avenue and Lagoon.
Preliminary information gathered by police indicates that a verbal altercation among several people moved outside from a nightspot and shots were fired.
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