Downtown Minneapolis Shooting Injures Two Officers, Others
A gunman opened fire near a downtown Minneapolis apartment complex, wounding two police officers and other victims before being shot by responding officers, authorities say.
Minneapolis police responded Tuesday afternoon to a shooting near 15 East Grant Street that left multiple people injured, including two police officers, according to a city alert that urged residents to avoid the area.
A source told WCCO that a suspect is down, a detail corroborated by scanner audio. A high-ranking official said the two wounded officers were likely to recover.
The scene, at the intersection of Nicollet and Grant, drew an unusually large law enforcement response. Officers and vehicles arrived from St. Louis Park, Edina, the University of Minnesota, the Minnesota State Patrol, transit police and sheriff's deputies from surrounding jurisdictions. The ATF's St. Paul field division said special agents also responded.
Police asked the public to avoid the area bounded by 12th Street, Franklin Avenue, Hennepin Avenue and Third Avenue South.
Gov. Tim Walz said his public safety team was responding and that state officials were on the ground supporting local law enforcement. FBI Director Kash Patel said he was aware of the shooting and offered "any and all resources necessary" to assist authorities.
The response centered on an apartment complex on Grant Street, where officers armed with long guns monitored the building for an extended period. Two armored SWAT vehicles were staged at the intersection, and ambulances lined the surrounding blocks. Several stretchers were seen being brought out of the building; some of those removed appeared to have leg injuries.
A witness, Abdiwakil Mohamed of south Minneapolis, said he was driving on La Salle Avenue when he heard three gunshots that sounded like they came from a rifle and saw a police officer shot inside a squad car, which then hit another vehicle. Mohamed said the shooter fired from a high vantage point in a nearby building and continued shooting at people on the ground. He said an officer pulled off a bulletproof vest to check for a chest wound before police flooded the area "from every single side."
This is a developing story.
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