MINNEAPOLIS -- What started as a "verbal altercation" at a gathering in north Minneapolis early Sunday morning ended with a man shot to death, according to the Minneapolis Police Department. 

Officers responded to the 1800 block of Russell Avenue just before 4:30 a.m., finding a 34-year-old man with a gunshot wound. He was taken to North Memorial Medical Center, where he died. Police did not identify him.

"Preliminary information indicates a verbal altercation escalated to gunfire at a gathering," police said.

No one has been arrested. The shooting is under investigation.