A man and two teenagers died early Friday in a quiet south Minneapolis neighborhood in what police described as a domestic homicide.
The man and a boy and girl in their early teens were shot and killed and a woman was badly wounded in the shootings, police said. She was taken to Hennepin County Medical Center, where her condition was unknown late Friday.
Police say they are not looking for suspects and that there is no threat to the public, but would not say whether the deaths were the result of murder-suicide. It was, however, likely domestic, police said.
The shootings occurred at 7:10 a.m. in an apartment at 5430 34th Av. S. in an area of the Wenonah neighborhood that's rarely visited by violent crime. A resident called 911 to report the sound of gunfire and found that several bullets had struck a nearby apartment, according to scanner reports.
"Shots came from inside the apartment," an officer can be heard telling dispatchers, according to scanner reports.
Officers arrived to find four people shot and provided medical care until paramedics arrived. The man and teenagers were pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators and police chaplains remained on the scene for much of the day, and a pair of vehicles were towed away. The bodies were removed eight hours after the incident.
Police said the crime scene involves two apartments on the second floor. The victims were all found in one apartment, although the relationship among the three is unclear.
Neighbors described the man who lived in the apartment as a carpet layer who kept to himself. Records show that a 39-year-old building resident owns a nearby flooring business. His Facebook page, which says he is native to Ecuador, features photos of a recent vacation with two teenage children. Court records show he has no serious offenses in Minnesota. The vehicles towed from the scene belong to the man and a 35-year-old woman who lives in Bloomington. Records show the two once lived in a nearby house before they were evicted in 2014.
![A Minneapolis Police Sergeant looked over vehicles in the parking lot behind the apartment building that was the scene of a shooting that left three people dead and one injured. Neighbors said the maroon vehicle on the right belonged to the shooter. Police are investigating a homicide that occurred Friday morning in the Wenonah neighborhood at 5430 S 34th St, Minneapolis. ] GLEN STUBBE * gstubbe@startribune.com Friday, September 30, 2016](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/RCLPUE7Q3X72PNANXTYSS7IZPI.jpg?&w=1080)
