2 men shot dead, woman critically wounded in south Minneapolis shootings

Two shootings minutes and a block apart in south Minneapolis late Wednesday left two men dead, a woman fighting for her life and police looking for any suspects, officials said.

Officers responded about 11:35 p.m. to gunfire in the 2800 block of Colfax Avenue S. in the Lowry Hill East neighborhood and found a man and a 34-year-old woman inside an SUV who had been shot, police said.

The man died at the scene, and the woman was taken to HCMC with life-threatening injuries, according to police.

About five minutes later, officers were alerted to a man inside the Track 29 City Apartments a block away in the 2800 block of Bryant Avenue S., police said. Officers found the man, in his late 20s, in a hallway. Police said he was soon pronounced dead at the scene.

Officials have not released the victims' identities, nor have they addressed a motive for either shooting.

"Investigators are working to determine if, and or, how, the scene at Bryant Ave. S. and the scene at Colfax Ave. S. are related and how any of the involved individuals may be related to the area," read a statement from Police Sgt. Garrett Parten, a department spokesman. No arrests have been announced.

There have been eight homicides in Minneapolis so far this year, according to a Star Tribune database. That compares to nine at this time in 2022.