A man and a woman were killed in two separate shootings within a half hour of each other in Minneapolis on Wednesday night, authorities say.
Just before 9:30 p.m., a man in his 20s was found with gunshot wounds on the 2900 block of Emerson Avenue N., according to the Minneapolis Police Department. He was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead.
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said at a news conference it appears an argument escalated into gunfire, and at least two suspects fled on foot.
At about 9:50 p.m., a woman in her 30s was shot on a sidewalk on the 800 block of E. Franklin Avenue near Minneapolis Market, police said. She was found without a pulse and pronounced dead at the hospital.
A fight broke out among a group of people, O’Hara said, and “shots were fired.”
“It is unknown if she was involved in the original altercation,” he said.
O’Hara indicated there was no risk to the general public.
“In both cases, this appears to be altercations between specific people that then escalated to gunfire,” he said.
