Two fatal shootings in Twin Cities
Published 10:25 am Thursday, October 15, 2015
MINNEAPOLIS — Shootings in the Twin Cities have left two people dead.
One shooting happened outside New Bethel Baptist Church in Minneapolis. The church serves meals to those in need and there were about 100 people inside when the shooting took place about 6 p.m. Wednesday. Police say two people got into a fight and one man shot the other and fled. The victim died a short time later. No one in the church was hurt.
St. Paul police are investigating another fatal shooting that happened about the same time. Officers were called to an intersection where they found a large group of people had gathered. They learned a man had been shot and was taken away in a personal vehicle. Police later learned the victim was in an ambulance near Fire Station 4. Paramedics treated the victim, but he died of his injuries.