Man fatally shot in Minneapolis' Ventura Village neighborhood

Police investigating overnight homicide in south Minneapolis

A man was fatally shot in Minneapolis' Ventura Village neighborhood early Monday morning, police said. 

The shooting happened on the 1900 block of Elliot Avenue around 1 a.m., according to the Minneapolis Police Department. Responding officers found a 40-year-old man with grave gunshot wounds in the front yard of a home. He died despite medical assistance. 

Police are investigating the shooting. No one has been arrested. 

The Hennepin County Medical Examiner identified the man as Darnell Watkins.

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