Police officer involved in shooting near I-694 in Brooklyn Center

August 23, 2013 at 11:20AM

Authorities confirm that a police officer was involved in a shooting early Friday in Brooklyn Center.
Shots were fired around 4 a.m. at the intersection of Interstate 694 and Shingle Creek Pkwy., a dispatcher with the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office said.
No other details were released.
This is the second time in 24 hours that authorities have been called to the area for a shooting. On Thursday, a man was shot outside a motel on the 6400 block of James Avenue, just blocks from Friday's shooting.

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Tim Harlow covers traffic and transportation issues in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, and likes to get out of the office, even during rush hour. He also covers the suburbs in northern Hennepin and all of Anoka counties, plus breaking news and weather.

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