Man dies at hospital after shooting in north Minneapolis, no arrests announced
MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis police are investigating a fatal shooting on the city's northside late Wednesday evening.
According to police, officers from the Fourth Precinct responded shortly before midnight to reports of shots fired on the 2000 block of Washington Avenue North.
As police were responding, a 47-year-old man arrived at North Memorial Medical Center with at least one life-threatening gunshot wound. He later died at the hospital.
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Officers discovered the possible scene of the shooting near the 2000 block of Washington Avenue. Investigators processed the scene and collected evidence.
The incident is being investigated as a homicide.
The man was identified as 47-year-old Carnell Russell, from Robbinsdale.
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