A Minneapolis man fired a handgun out of a Cadillac Escalade’s sunroof during a chaotic shootout near Nicollet Avenue South and East 19th Street, with multiple shooters exchanging gunfire and one person wounded, according to charges.

Marcel Christopher Gnali, 29, faces charges of aiding and abetting a drive-by shooting toward a person and aiding and abetting second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon. The charges were filed September 4 in Hennepin County District Court.

According to the complaint, Minneapolis police responded to reports of shots fired in the area at about 5:30 p.m. on April 16, 2026. Officers learned of two separate ShotSpotter activations, one for four rounds and another for 20 rounds, near the intersection. Officers arrived to find numerous discharged cartridge casings on both Nicollet Avenue South and 1st Avenue South.