A man suspected of two killings near Minneapolis homeless encampments within a 12-hour period was arrested Wednesday evening.
MPD Chief Brian O’Hara says the suspect has been linked to three shootings on Wednesday, two of them near homeless encampments within blocks from each other that left two people dead and one with life-threatening wounds, and a third that left another person critical.
The first fatal shooting happened at an encampment on the 2500 block of 17 th Ave South at 4:40 a.m. Wednesday, with another killing reported near an encampment on the 2500 block of Bloomington Ave South at 4:20 p.m.
Police found the man 15 minutes after the third shooting, which was reported on the 2300 block of 17th Avenue South at around 7:20 p.m. According to O’Hara, the suspect was arrested without incident near 26th St. East and 17th Avenue South during an extensive police search.
The victims in the Wednesday morning shooting were found in an alleyway on 17th Avenue South, with a man in his 30s taken to Hennepin County Medical Center with a life-threatening wound, and another man dying at the scene from his injuries.