Driver shot to death on I-94 in north Minneapolis is ID'd

The victim was a 24-year-old man from Fridley.

June 21, 2023 at 10:48PM

Officials on Wednesday released the identity of the man who was shot to death this week while driving on Interstate 94 through north Minneapolis.

Omarai Nasir Engle, 24, of Fridley, was shot Tuesday shortly after midnight and died less than an hour later at North Memorial Health in Robbinsdale.

Officers went to the nearby intersection of Dowling Avenue and N. 6th Street and found Engle in a vehicle that had crashed into a garage, said police spokesman Adam Kennedy.

Police gave medical aid until paramedics arrived and took the man to North Memorial, Kennedy said.

No arrests have been announced.

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