Man Fatally Shot After Early Morning Altercation in Bloomington

Jun 22

A 24-year-old man was shot and killed during an early morning altercation Sunday in a Bloomington neighborhood, according to police.

Officers were dispatched just before 6:45 a.m. to the 200 block of 92nd Street West after a 911 caller reported that someone had been shot.

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Responding officers found a man lying on the ground near a residential driveway with multiple gunshot wounds. Several people at the scene were trying to render aid when police arrived.

According to those on scene, a group of men had been sitting together in the driveway before a physical fight broke out. During the altercation, one of the men reportedly pulled out a handgun and shot the victim several times before fleeing the area with two other males.

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The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner has identified the man as 24-year-old Andy Tapia Negrete, of Bloomington. The cause of death was listed as multiple gunshot wounds, and the manner of death was ruled a homicide.

Investigators with the Bloomington Police Department, assisted by the Hennepin County Crime Lab, are actively working the case and have identified people of interest. The investigation remains ongoing.

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