Teen killed in New Year’s Eve shooting in north Minneapolis
January 3, 2022 9:45AM CST
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A 15-year-old boy died and another teen was injured in a shooting in north Minneapolis on New Year’s Eve.
Minneapolis police responded at 4:30 p.m. for a report of a shooting with one person down and another wounded. Officers found the 15-year-old boy with a gunshot wound. He died at the scene.
The second boy, a 16-year-old, arrived at North Memorial Health Hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries. Police believe the two were walking when gunfire came from a vehicle. No one has been arrested.
It was the 97th homicide in Minneapolis for 2021, tying the all-time record set in 1995.
