Overview

• Police arrested a man in his 20s Saturday in connection with the fatal shooting on the 3000 block of Grand Avenue South that left a man in his 40s dead.
• The two earlier homicides occurred during overnight incidents in South Minneapolis: one at Franklin and Lyndale avenues after a conversation with someone in a vehicle and another near 24th Street East and 18th Avenue South following a heated argument.
• No suspects have been identified in the Franklin/Lyndale and East Phillips Park shootings, and the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office has yet to release victims’ names or official causes of death.
• Chief Brian O’Hara condemned the recent violence and urged community members to contact Minneapolis police or CrimeStoppers with any information that could advance the investigations.
• The trio of slayings highlights persistent challenges in curbing gun violence in Minneapolis amid scarce eyewitness cooperation and limited forensic evidence.