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Car slams into Minneapolis home after clearing retaining wall, iron fence

WATCH: Car slams into house in south Minneapolis
WATCH: Car slams into house in south Minneapolis 00:32

MINNEAPOLIS — Some south Minneapolis residents had quite the rude awakening overnight Thursday.

A car slammed into a home on the 2400 block of Irving Avenue South shortly before 2 a.m.  

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It first cleared a two-foot retaining wall and knocked over the neighbor's wrought iron fence.

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The driver of the car was gone by the time officers arrived, according to the Minneapolis Police Department. The keys were still in the ignition.

MPD says officers found a handgun on the ground near the car.

There have been no arrests.

The investigation is ongoing.

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