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Minneapolis Police Make Arrest In Aug. 5 Fatal Shooting

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- Minneapolis police say they have arrested a man in connection to a shooting that left one man dead and a woman injured in early August.

The shooting happened on the 1100 block of Broadway Avenue West just before 3 a.m. on Aug. 5. Paramedics pronounced a man dead at the scene.

The Hennepin County Medical Examiner later identified the victim as 25-year-old Shane Lamont Webb. His death was ruled a homicide.

A second victim showed up to North Memorial Medical Center with a gunshot wound to the arm. She is expected to be OK.

On Friday, Minneapolis police said they arrested 31-year-old Hakeem Malik Dontae Flax in connection with Webb's death. He has been booked into the Hennepin County Adult Detention Center on probable cause murder.

Flax also has a felony warrant from the Minnesota Department of Corrections.

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