One man killed in shooting near south Minneapolis light rail station

A police spokesman said a confrontation preceded the shooting.

December 24, 2020 at 11:26PM

One man was killed in an apparent confrontation at the Lake Street light rail station in Minneapolis on Thursday afternoon.

A police spokesman said the incident occurred about 2:25 p.m. The preliminary investigation suggests the shooting followed a confrontation between two men inside the vestibule at the station platform. As the altercation escalated, one of the men pulled a handgun and shot the other before fleeing.

No immediate arrests were announced.

This is the city's 82nd homicide of the year, which is the third-highest annual total in city history. The second most deadly year saw 83 homicides.

Libor Jany • 612-673-4064 Twitter: @StribJany

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Libor Jany is the Minneapolis crime reporter for the Star Tribune. He joined the newspaper in 2013, after stints in newsrooms in Connecticut, New Jersey, California and Mississippi. He spent his first year working out of the paper's Washington County bureau, focusing on transportation and education issues, before moving to the Dakota County team.

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