Eight people shot in Minneapolis at landlord's homeless encampment hours after another mass shooting

[James48]

Source: Minneapolis Star

A shootout at a private homeless encampment in south Minneapolis late Monday night left eight people injured, four critically, less than 12 hours after another mass shooting on the city’s South Side.

The gunfire erupted around 10 p.m. near Lake Street and 28th Avenue S, police said. An off-duty officer working at a nearby Target store was approached by several people running from a torrent of bullets a few blocks away.

Responding officers found five victims inside the encampment, including a man and a woman gravely wounded in their respective tents from a shot to the head. Another man was struck in the stomach.
Three more self-transported to area hospitals, including one man with gunshot wounds to the neck and torso.

Investigators collected approximately 30 shell casings from the crime scene, but noted there might be more hidden amid a dense layer of debris. Evidence suggests there was an exchange of gunfire between at least two people. A fire broke out in one of the tents as police were processing the site, requiring intervention from the Fire Department.



Read more: https://www.startribune.com/shooting-south-minneapolis-lake-street/601475039

[Aristus]

1. But for the United States, it was Tuesday...

[Ocelot II]

2. Will Trump send the National Guard?

Probably not, the Mayor is a white guy.

[GreenWave]

3. What the Fox fucker was hoping for.

[hamsterjill]

7. First thing I thought of when I read this.

Kilmeade.

[GPV]

16. Same

[cbabe]

4. Flags at half mast?

[Torchlight]

5. Guess Mr. kilmeade is getting some wish fulfillment.

(we know Waldorf.... killing homeless people existed way before trump. Now go home)

[LeftInTX]

6. Was anyone arrested? Who was doing the shooting?

https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/minneapolis-police-shooting-response-longfellow-neighborhood/

The city tried to shut down the camp previously, but the landlord refused. Was this just some random shooting? A vigilante? It doesn't appear that the landlord was the shooter.

"I did not create this crisis. I responded to it — by opening my property to people with nowhere else to go and by inviting the City to collaborate on real solutions. That invitation still stands," said Hamoudi Sabri, who owns the lot. "Every victim deserves equal care. Every neighborhood deserves dignity. Until Minneapolis rejects displacement and embraces care, we will keep reliving the same tragedies."

[MichMan]

8. Mr. Sabri may be finding himself on the wrong end of a rather sizable lawsuit.

[Trueblue Texan]

10. It's Brian Kilmeade that should worry about a lawsuit. Nt

[Skittles]

20. you sound hopeful

[Orrex]

9. Has the WSL charged Left extremists yet?

[leftstreet]

11. Didn't a podcaster just tell Fox the unhoused should be killed?

O'Hara said detectives are investigating the possibility that the shooting is connected to earlier gunfire at a nearby homeless encampment that left five people injured, including one in life-threatening condition. He said the earlier shooting occurred just after 11 a.m. near the intersection of East Lake Street and Stevens Avenue.

"While the investigation is still very, very preliminary, that is certainly something that we can't rule out, and, of course, it's something that we are considering," O'Hara said.
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Asked about the possible connection between the two shootings, Frey added, "We don't know for sure, but I wouldn't be surprised."

https://abcnews.go.com/US/people-hurt-mass-shootings-minneapolis-homeless-encampments/story?id=125620641&cid=social_twitter_abcn

[James48]

18. So TWO homeless encampments

Near each other, the same day, two days after Kilmead called for killing the homeless.

Nah, couldn’t be connected. (Sarcasm)

[leftstreet]

19. Yeah, this should be huge news n/t

[iemanja]

12. I think someone is targeting the unhoused.

The incident yesterday at Lake and 35W was similar. Some psycho may have taken his idea from Fox news. Frey thinks closing these places is going to prevent the crime. Typical response from him.

[jmbar2]

13. Reminds me of a really good documentary about a Catholic home that provided space for a homeless camp in New Haven, CT

I wasn't familiar with the Catholic church's local homeless missions, but this documentary offers a poignant look at an attempt to provide a safe space for people with no place else to go. It was an interesting experiment in self-governance, but ultimately failed due to pressure from zoning officials, and the general challenges of dealing with addicted folks.

[Scalded Nun]

14. They need to refer to all homeless shootings as 'Kilmeade shootings'. Make him wear this shit forever.

[Alice Kramden]

21. Kilmeade Shootings indeed

Stochastic terrorism once again. Kilmeade should be arrested for attempted Kilmeade Killings

[blue_jay]

15. Is it surprising anyone that these bad things have been coincidentally occurring now in MN?

Seems rather convenient to have this crop up in Gov Walz' state, not paranoid, just noticing. So many potential under the radar malcontents who might target there and other blue states for that matter.

[Oeditpus Rex]

17. If Mary Richards threw her hat into the air today

it'd come down full of holes.

WTF is with Minneapolis??