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2 teens injured in north Minneapolis shooting Thursday evening

MINNEAPOLIS — Two teens were injured, one of them gravely, in a shooting in north Minneapolis on Thursday evening, police say.

The shooting occurred on the 3000 block of Irving Avenue North shortly after 7:30 p.m., according to the Minneapolis Police Department.

Upon arrival, officers found a 16-year-old with a gunshot wound not believed to be life-threatening and a 17-year-old in a car with a gunshot wound to the head. Both were transported to the hospital. 

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Officers found another car nearby that was abandoned. Police say the two vehicles involved in the shooting were both stolen Kias.

Several blocks away, officers arrested a person they had tracked down using a K-9. Authorities say it is unclear the person's connection to the shooting.

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