Two arrested in shooting of doctor in Edina hospital parking ramp

September 29, 2020 at 12:46AM
Law enforcement gathered after the shooting in the Southdale parking lot across W. 66th St. from the M Health Fairview Hospital campus.
Law enforcement gathered after the shooting in the Southdale parking lot across W. 66th St. from the M Health Fairview Hospital campus. (Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Edina police have arrested two suspects in connection with the shooting of a doctor in the head during an attempted robbery earlier this month in a parking ramp at M Fairview Hospital Southdale.

A 33-year-old man was taken into custody Sunday and booked into the Hennepin County jail on suspicion of second-degree attempted murder pending. A 50-year-woman was arrested and held on suspicion of aiding an offender, according to jail records.

The Star Tribune generally does not name suspects until they have been charged.

Police followed several leads to track down a vehicle believed to have been involved in the Sept. 14 shooting on the second level of the hospital's parking ramp. Police found the vehicle at a hotel in Bloomington and arrested the two suspects.

The man allegedly shot a doctor in the head during an attempted robbery in the ramp at 65th Street and S. France Avenue, then fled the scene. The doctor, a 45-year-old man from Eagan, was treated at the hospital and later released.

Tim Harlow

The scene at the M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital in a view from W. 66th St. ] JEFF WHEELER • jeff.wheeler@startribune.com A doctor was reportedly shot in a parking garage on the campus of M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital Monday night, September 14, 2020 in Edina.
The scene at the M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital in a view from W. 66th St. ] JEFF WHEELER • jeff.wheeler@startribune.com A doctor was reportedly shot in a parking garage on the campus of M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital Monday night, September 14, 2020 in Edina. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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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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