A shooting Monday night at an encampment in south Minneapolis injured eight people — including four who suffered life-threatening gunshot wounds.
The gunfire in the Longfellow neighborhood, near the corner of Lake Street and South 28th Avenue, was the second mass shooting in the city in less than a day. Five people were injured by gunfire Monday morning on Lake Street, about 2 miles west of Monday night’s gunfire.
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said at the scene of the overnight shooting that investigators are still working to determine whether there is any connection between the two.
There was no update Tuesday morning on the conditions of the victims and no reports of any arrests.
O’Hara said the shooting happened at about 10 p.m. Officers responding to the gunfire found five