Officials ID man shot to death this week in south Minneapolis

The victim was sitting in a vehicle when he was shot, police said.

June 22, 2023 at 5:00PM

Tabias C.G. Sparkman, 24, of Minneapolis was identified Thursday as the man fatally wounded this week in a vehicle in south Minneapolis, officials said.

Sparkman was shot several times about 2:15 p.m. Tuesday in the 3000 block of S. 12th Avenue, the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office said. He died about 40 minutes later at nearby Abbott Northwestern Hospital, the examiner's office said.

Sparkman apparently was shot by someone outside the vehicle, police said an early investigation shows.

No arrests have been announced, and police have not addressed a possible motive for the killing.

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