Woman Dies Days After Mass Shooting at Minneapolis Encampment

Sep 19

*Officers search a south Minneapolis encampment after a shooting left 8 hurt.* ***MN CRIME PHOTO***

A 30-year-old woman has died following a mass shooting at a Minneapolis homeless encampment earlier this week.

Police said Jacinda Oakgrove died at the hospital on Sept. 18, three days after she was shot near South 28th Avenue and East Lake Street.

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The shooting happened around 10 p.m. on Sept. 15, when officers received multiple reports of gunfire.

An off-duty officer working at the nearby Target store was approached by people fleeing inside who reported the gunfire. That officer went outside and heard shots coming from the encampment located north of East Lake Street. Responding officers secured the scene, which they described as chaotic.

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Seven people were hurt in the shooting. Three women and one man were taken from the scene to Hennepin Healthcare. Another man walked into Children’s Hospital and was later transferred to Hennepin Healthcare. A woman arrived at Abbott Northwestern Hospital on her own, and another man later showed up at Regions Hospital.

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Investigators recovered evidence of widespread gunfire throughout the encampment and are working to determine what led up to the incident. Police said it is unknown whether the shooting is connected to another that injured five people near Lake Street and Stevens Avenue earlier that same day.

On Sept. 18, a man was arrested on suspicion of aiding and abetting after the fact, but he was later released pending a formal complaint.

Police are asking anyone with information to contact MPD at policetips@minneapolismn.gov or 612-673-5845. Anonymous tips can also be submitted through CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS or online at www.CrimeStoppersMN.org.

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