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Two Teens Arrested in Edina Facebook Marketplace Robbery Shooting

Police cite surveillance plus physical evidence for arrests within 12 hours.

Overview

  • Officers responded around 5:30 p.m. Sunday to reports of a robbery with shots fired at a Lunds & Byerlys parking lot on France Avenue.
  • Investigators determined the shooting occurred in an apartment parking lot on Gallagher Drive during a planned sale arranged on Facebook Marketplace.
  • The 18-year-old victim suffered a gunshot wound to the arm and was hospitalized with injuries described as non-life-threatening.
  • A 16-year-old was taken into custody during a traffic stop, and a 17-year-old was arrested during a search that recovered a .40-caliber ghost gun.
  • Police say the recovered firearm matched a spent .40-caliber casing from the scene, and both teens are held at the Hennepin County Juvenile Detention Center pending charges.