At least 13 people were injured between two mass shootings in south Minneapolis Monday, just two miles and less than 12 hours apart, both at known trouble spots.
The first mass shooting occurred after 11 a.m. Monday, near East Lake Street and 35W, near the Metro Transit tower and access to the Midtown Greenway.
Four injured parties, all adult males, were initially located by responders and transported to area hospitals. Two were located in the transit tower, and two were located on a pathway leading to the Midtown Greenway. One party was reported to be critically injured, Police Chief Brian O’Hara said in a later media briefing. Police located a fifth injured party a short time later who was believed to have sustained a graze wound, but that person ultimately refused medical treatment, the chief said. Dozens of rounds were reported to be fired where a “high volume” of people were “congregating.” The chief also acknowledged that the area is known for a concentration of drug activity, and that investigators received conflicting stories from the involved parties.
The area along the freeway exit ramp at Lake Street and Stevens Avenue has been a trouble spot for months, but activity has ramped up in the last few weeks, with daily loitering and drug activity. The area was the site of two separate shootings in late August that left three people injured. One of the shootings on Aug. 22 was captured on the dashcam of a passerby.
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The shooting on drug dealer alley at Stevens and Lake St in south Minneapolis was captured on video.#ThisIsMinneapolishttps://t.co/Fv2uS16NPT— CrimeWatchMpls (@CrimeWatchMpls) August 23, 2025
The chief mentioned in his Monday afternoon press briefing that the police department is trying to coordinate a response plan with several different agencies who have a confluence of authority over different adjacent areas at the location, including the Metropolitan Council which oversees transit operations, the Park Board which has responsibility for the Midtown Greenway, and the state Department of Transportation, which has responsibility for areas adjacent to the freeway and ramps.
Second mass shooting
A second mass shooting occurred at or near an encampment just before 10 p.m. at East Lake Street and 28th Avenue South. Initial reports indicated that at least four people were reported to be injured in that shooting, including a female who was shot in the head and was not responsive on the way to the hospital, according to available dispatch audio. However, Chief O’Hara and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey held a late press briefing, during which they said eight people had been shot, and four were in critical condition. Three of the injured parties showed up on their own at area hospitals in the aftermath of the encampment shooting.
Nearby residents communicated to Crime Watch Minneapolis that between 40 and 60 shots were heard.
Audio of the reported gunshots was subsequently posted online, in which at least dozens of shots could be heard.
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Faint sound of gunshots from the recent mass shooting in south Minneapolis.pic.twitter.com/2h7aYBISXt— CrimeWatchMpls (@CrimeWatchMpls) September 16, 2025
The encampment at that location sits on private property adjacent to Universal Academy Charter School. The property owner, Hamoudi Sabri, has been defiant with the city in his refusal to remove the encampment.
The Minneapolis City Council recently took a closed session vote in favor of approving a lawsuit against Sabri to remove the encampment.
However, both the chief and mayor said in their late night briefing that the encampment would be cleared out as soon as the shooting investigation was completed, and Mayor Frey referred to it as an “open air drug market.”
As of overnight, no suspects had been arrested in either of Monday’s mass shootings.
The two mass shootings on Monday are the third and fourth mass shootings in Minneapolis in less than three weeks.
The Annunciation Church mass shooting on Aug. 27 took the lives of two children and left 21 others injured in south Minneapolis. The day prior, seven people were shot in a mass shooting at East Lake Street and Clinton Avenue that left one person dead.
Over the weekend, two more shooting homicides occurred early Sunday morning, making for nine homicides in less than three weeks in Minneapolis.
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