A Minnesota teen was killed during the string of shootings in Minneapolis over the weekend, authorities said.
The 17-year-old boy was reportedly shot while in a moving car in Jordan Sunday night when a passerby fired at the vehicle, striking the boy, CBS reported.
According to a preliminary investigation, there were multiple people traveling together with the victim when they were met with gunfire. Passengers in the car dropped the boy off at a street corner in north Minneapolis and someone called 911. Responding officers found the boy without a pulse and not breathing, police said.
Life-saving measures were performed by first-responders but were unsuccessful. The boy was taken to a nearby hospital in a critical condition shortly afterward where he was declared dead.
Detectives have not yet determined the motive for the shooting and the suspects are at large. No description of the vehicle the teen was in were released.
The boy’s death is believed to be the 25th homicide in Minneapolis this year.
‘A Public Health Crisis’
Earlier on Sunday, Minneapolis police announced 12 people suffered from gunshot wounds in a shooting at a commercial district in Uptown Minneapolis that includes several bars and restaurants.
One adult male died in the gunfire and 11 others were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
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12 people have suffered gunshot wounds in an incident on 2900 block of Hennepin S. 1 adult male died and 11 have no -life-threatening wounds— Minneapolis Police (@MinneapolisPD) June 21, 2020
No arrests have been made so far in the separate shooting incidents and the investigation is ongoing, police said.
Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo told CBS the string of shootings that happened over the Father’s Day weekend is “a public health crisis.”
“This is not something we can arrest ourselves out of. All stakeholders, the Minneapolis Police Department, the St. Paul Police Department, have to come together to find out what’s leading to this and help as a team thwart them from continuing,” Arradondo said.
Photographs of the Sunday morning shooting posted to social media showed windows at the Landmark’s Uptown Theatre and another storefront shot out.
Screams were audible on a Facebook livestream that showed the aftermath at the scene. Small crowds of people gathered, with some crouched over victims lying on the pavement before police officers on bicycles showed up to attend to them. Splatters of blood on the pavement were visible in the video after the victims were taken to local hospitals—some via ambulance and others in private vehicles, according to police.
The area is about 3 miles west of the Minneapolis commercial area and neighborhood hit by rioting that took place in the city following the death of George Floyd, who died in Minneapolis police custody in May after an officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes.
Floyd’s death has sparked a move to overhaul the Minneapolis Police Department, with a majority of City Council members pledging support for dismantling a department that activists have called brutal and racist. That’s prompted pushback from opponents who question how citizens will be protected from violent crime.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
