A gunman opened fireplace with a high-velocity rifle at a gaggle standing on a sidewalk in Minneapolis on Tuesday, killing one individual and injuring six others, police stated.
At the least one of many seven victims seems to have been the goal of the capturing, in line with Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara, who referred to as the incident “deeply troubling.”
“This stage of firepower unleashed in broad daylight is totally sickening and unacceptable,” O’Hara stated throughout a press briefing on Tuesday.
The gunman fled in a car and stays at giant, the chief stated. Authorities are working to determine the suspect, he stated.
The victims had been standing in a gaggle on a sidewalk throughout the road from a Catholic highschool, in line with the police chief.
Minneapolis police responded to the scene after receiving a notification from the gunshot detection system ShotSpotter round 1:30 p.m. Tuesday that roughly 30 rounds of gunfire had been fired, O’Hara stated.
Responding officers discovered one man useless on the scene and 6 different capturing victims within the space, together with native companies, he stated.
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara addresses reporters on Aug. 26, 2025.
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Based mostly on the ShotSpotter notification and the “important” accidents sustained by the victims, police imagine a high-velocity rifle was used within the capturing, O’Hara stated.
“The injury that was achieved to the our bodies of a few of these victims is unspeakable,” O’Hara stated. “Fortunately, we do not have extra folks which are useless from this incident.”
The six folks injured within the capturing are all anticipated to outlive, he stated. All of the victims are believed to be adults.
Police imagine there is just one shooter, and that no less than one individual standing within the group was “clearly focused,” O’Hara stated.
The shooter fired whereas standing on the nook about 15 yards away from the group, then fled in a car, he stated.
Some automobiles parked within the space had been additionally broken within the capturing.
The police chief urged anybody with info to come back ahead.
“We’re doing the whole lot we presumably can to determine those that are answerable for this violence,” he stated.
