In the wake of a bloody weekend in Minneapolis, a woman was fatally shot and a man critically wounded outside a North Side liquor store on Monday night.
Police were called to the 700 block of West Broadway about 6:30 p.m. Monday, according to a news release from police spokesman John Elder. Callers reported that two people had been shot and that a man was taken by private vehicle to a hospital.
At the scene outside Merwin Liquors police found the body of a woman who is believed to be in her 30s.
Officers were alerted a short time later that a man suffering from a gunshot wound was in critical condition at North Memorial Health Hospital.
Police believe a male shot the victims and fled before officers arrived. Police had not announced arrests as of Monday night.
This is Minneapolis' 39th homicide of the year. Three people were fatally shot over the weekend in the city, including two who were struck by stray bullets at illegal street races.
Anyone with information can contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or crimestoppersmn.org.
Also on Monday, a man was shot at 112 E. Hennepin Ave. near Nye's Bar, Elder said. The man told police he remembered little about the incident.
