19-year-old man shot, killed in north Minneapolis
Originally published June 25. Updated with victim's identity.
MINNEAPOLIS -- Police are investigating a deadly shooting early Saturday morning in north Minneapolis.
The Minneapolis Police Department says the shooting happened shortly after midnight near the intersection of Lowry and Aldrich avenues. Several 911 callers reported that a man was behind a home on the 700 block of 31st Avenue North.
Responding officers found a 19-year-old with serious gunshot wounds. Emergency crews brought him to North Memorial Medical Center, where he died. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office identified the victim Wednesday as Lamontay Giovanni Brown, from Danville, Illinois. His official cause of death was a gunshot wound to the back.
Police combed the area of the shooting for witnesses and evidence, but no arrests were made.
The man's death marks the 43rd homicide in the city this year. He has not been identified, pending an investigation by the medical examiner's office.