The Minneapolis Police Department will be receiving additional law enforcement and investigative support from the state, following two mass shootings in south Minneapolis that left a total of 12 people injured in less than a day.

A shooting Monday night at an encampment in south Minneapolis injured seven people — including three 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, including one who remains in critical condition.

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said at a press conference Monday afternoon that police do no

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