Man fatally shot outside work after confronting suspected thief in Minneapolis

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Minneapolis police say a man was shot and killed outside his workplace after trying to stop a theft from a vehicle.

Man fatally shot outside Minneapolis workplace

What we know:

The shooting happened shortly before 7 a.m. near the 2600 block of 32nd Avenue South. Police responded to a report of a person down outside a building and located a man in the parking lot with a gunshot wound. Despite life-saving measures, the victim, in his 40s, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Preliminary information suggests the victim confronted an individual attempting to steal from a vehicle, leading to a brief struggle during which the victim was shot once in the torso. A coworker found the victim about 20 minutes later and called 911.

"Certainly no property is worth someone'