Minneapolis police on Saturday were investigating the fatal shooting of man Friday night on the city's North Side.
Police were alerted to the shooting by 911 callers and ShotSpotter about 8:55 p.m. near the 3600 block of Penn Avenue N. on the border of the Cleveland and Folwell neighborhoods. When officers arrived, they found a crowd and the wounded man lying on the ground.
He was taken to a hospital, where he died, according to a police news release.
Homicide investigators were trying to determine what led to the shooting.
No one had been arrested as of Saturday afternoon, and the victim's identity was not yet released. Police asked anyone with information to contact CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or www.CrimeStoppersMN.org.
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