2 shot inside Columbia Heights restaurant, deputies searching for suspect

The Brief

  • A shooting at a Columbia Heights restaurant on Central Avenue left two people hurt Saturday evening.
  • The shooting appears to have taken place at New York Gyros.
  • The victims, a man and a teen boy, are currently in stable condition. Police are searching for the suspect.

COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, Minn. (FOX 9) Two people shot Saturday night inside a Columbia Heights restaurant are in stable condition, as deputies are now searching for the gunman.

Shooting at NY Gyro

What we know:

Officers from the Columbia Heights, Coon Rapids, and Fridley police departments all responded to reports of shots fired inside a restaurant on Central Avenue NE near 46th Avenue NE around 8:45 p.m. Saturday evening.

FOX 9 crews at the scene saw the investigation centered around the New York Gyro restaurant along that stretch. Police tape blocked off the parking lot of the restaurant and FOX 9 saw police closely inspect a spot behind the restaurant.

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