Family IDs 1 of 2 fatally shot in Mpls. alley as 18-year-old

Two men were shot to death and two women injured in the alley between the 2600 blocks of Cedar and 18th Avenues South. The women were taken to Hennepin County Medical Center and are expected to survive.

August 26, 2013 at 6:19PM
A crowd gathered near the scene of a shooting in an alley between Ceder Ave. and 18 Ave. S. and 26th and 27th St. in Minneapolis.
A crowd gathered near the scene of a shooting in an alley between Ceder Ave. and 18 Ave. S. and 26th and 27th St. in Minneapolis. (Stan Schmidt — Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Family members on Monday identified one of two men fatally shot in a car in a south Minneapolis alley.

Devon L. Burt, 18, of Minneapolis, was killed Sunday night in the alley between the 2600 blocks of Cedar and 18th Avenues S., said his grandfather and a cousin.

Police spokeswoman Cyndi Barrington said the public is "not at risk," even though no arrests have been made.

"This was not a random act," Barrington said.

Along with the two men who died, a woman and a teenage girl were wounded about 8:30 p.m. but are expected to survive, police said. Authorities have yet to release the identities of anyone who was shot.

Burt's grandfather, Scott Sinclair, of Mechanicsville, Va., said, "I just talked to him yesterday. He was going to the State Fair and [he] talked about the warm weather."

Sinclair said Burt grew up in Minneapolis and lived about a mile west of where he was shot.

Anyone with any information about this violence is asked to call police at 612-692-8477.

Paul Walsh • 612-673-4482

Scene of a shooting Sunday night in an alley between Ceder Ave. and 18 Ave S. and 26th and 27th St. in Minneapolis.
Scene of a shooting Sunday night in an alley between Ceder Ave. and 18 Ave S. and 26th and 27th St. in Minneapolis. (Stan Schmidt — Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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