1 killed in overnight shooting in Brooklyn Park
BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. -- Police are reporting a homicide that happened overnight in Brooklyn Park.
Police say they were notified that a 19-year-old man was taken by friends to Unity Hospital in Fridley, shortly before 2 a.m. He had been shot in the chest and was pronounced dead at the hospital.
Officials say the shooting happened on the 9500 block of Thomas Avenue North.
"This one is a little different," said Inspector Elliot Faust of the Brooklyn Park Police Department. "This case involved people who knew each other, so this is not a case of a street corner shooting over a drug deal or something like that, which is what we have seen recently, so this is different."
Brooklyn Park police do not have anyone in custody yet, but are confident that they will find the person responsible.
"There are just a lot of moving parts to this particular investigation given the dynamics of the number of witnesses and things like that," Faust said.
This is the second homicide of 2023 in Brooklyn Park.
