The first of the three fatal shootings occurred Tuesday shortly before midnight, when ShotSpotter activations drew officers to an alley near the intersection of Bloomington Avenue S. and E. 25th Street in the Midtown Phillips neighborhood.
Three of the victims — a teenager, a man and a woman — were pronounced dead at the scene. Two others, a man and a woman, were taken to a hospital with injuries. The man, O‘Hara said, was in “grave” condition.
Family members have identified one of the people killed as 17-year-old Joseph Goodwin. Also shot were 20-year-old twins Maleice and Merelle White. Maleice has so far survived. Merelle did not, their family said.
Maleice White, left, and twin Merelle White, with grandmother Rhonda May. Both twins were shot late Thursday in Minneapolis. Maleice has so far survived. Merelle did not, their family said. (Provided by Danielle May)
Joey Goodwin (Provided by Adeline Wind)
Deadly gunfire rang out again around 1 p.m. in the 2100 block of Cedar Avenue S. O‘Hara said a man in his 30s was shot and pronounced dead at the scene. A bullet entered a nearby SUV and narrowly missed an infant and toddler strapped in child seats, he noted.
Frey said community members suspect this shooting was in retaliation for the one around midnight.
The Red Lake Band of Chippewa disclosed that this gunfire occurred outside the Mino Bimaadiziwin apartment building/Red Lake Nation Embassy.
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