No one hurt when shots fired near Woodbury shopping area

March 20, 2021 at 11:50PM
Eastbound Interstate 494 at Valley Creek Road on Saturday night. (MnDOT traffic camera/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

A portion of Valley Creek Road just east of Interstate 494 was shut down Saturday evening after a 911 caller reported that a man fired gunshots from a car at another vehicle near a shopping area.

Woodbury police said they are continuing to investigate the gunfire. Police were called at about 5 p.m. to the shopping area off Valley Creek Road after witnesses said a man in a black BMW or Acura fired five gunshots out of the window at another vehicle. Police said no one was injured and the bullets struck a sign for Woodbury Village, the shopping area.

Police said they don't think it was a random shooting and are continuing to investigate. No one has been arrested.

KELLY SMITH

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