Family of woman killed by stray bullet pushes to rename north Minneapolis street in her honor

Birdell Beeks, 58, was hit with a stray bullet near the intersection of 21st and Penn Avenue North in May of 2016.

MINNEAPOLIS — Family members of a woman killed in a shooting nearly a decade ago are asking the city of Minneapolis to honor her memory by renaming a stretch of road in north Minneapolis after her.

Birdell Beeks, 58, was shot near the intersection of 21st and Penn Avenue North in May of 2016. She was sitting in her minivan at a stop sign, with her granddaughter in the passenger’s seat…

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