One person is dead and two others are injured after a shooting in the Dinkytown neighborhood of Minneapolis overnight.

One of the men who was injured was a University of Minnesota student, according to school officials.

According to Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara, officers heard bursts of automatic gunfire around 2:30 a.m. Saturday near 13th Avenue Southeast and Fifth Street Southeast.

The officers found two men, and later found a third, all suffering from gunshot wounds.

One of the men died at the scene, O'Hara said. The other two who were taken to the hospital are expected to survive. 

The man who died was carrying a gun, and officers found two others firearms. O'Hara said investigators are working to determine who was carrying the weapons and what led to the shooting.

"I just heard some semi-auto gunshots, it wasn't a pistol shot, it was semi-automatic," said Daniel Lisnischi who witnessed the shooting. 

Lisnischi moved from the Netherlands to study law at the University of Minnesota.

"It was disturbing because I'm not from here, I'm from Europe, we're not used to hearing gunshots on the road, especially on Halloween night. It's Dinkytown, the place with students and everything," said Linsnischi.

O'Hara noted that it was a chaotic scene overnight due to Halloween celebrations, and there were extra officers on hand at the time.