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Woman Dies After Mass Shooting at Lake Street Homeless Encampment in Minneapolis

Police now probe a suspected narcotics dispute with possible links to an earlier Lake Street shooting.

Overview

  • Authorities identified the deceased as 30-year-old Jacinda Oakgrove, raising the incident’s toll to one dead and six others wounded.
  • Gunfire erupted around 10 p.m. Monday near E. Lake Street and S. 28th Avenue, and investigators recovered multiple shell casings at the encampment.
  • Police say the violence may have involved more than one shooter in a confrontation tied to narcotics, and they are assessing a connection to a separate shooting earlier that day.
  • One person was arrested on potential aiding-and-abetting-after-the-fact allegations and later released pending further action.
  • City officials moved to shut down the contested site after months of public-health citations to the property owner, while a judge delayed a formal clearance order after the owner pledged not to reopen the camp.