1 arrested in connection to robbery, fatal shooting in Cedar-Riverside neighborhood
Somali community mourns store clerk killed in Minneapolis robbery
Members of the Somali community are grieving the death of a store clerk killed in a robbery in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood on Tuesday.
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Police say a man was arrested in connection to Tuesday's robbery and fatal shooting in Minneapolis' Cedar-Riverside neighborhood.
According to Minneapolis Police Spokesman John Elder, a 30-year-old man was arrested in St. Paul overnight.
At about 7 p.m. Tuesday, officers were dispatched to a report of an armed robbery on the 400 block of Cedar Avenue. When they arrived, they found a man inside a store, suffering from several gunshot wounds.
Police believe a male entered the store and attempted to rob it, shooting the clerk before fleeing the scene in a car. The clerk later died at the hospital.
Man dies after shooting during robbery in Cedar Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis
A man is dead Tuesday night after a shooting during a robbery at a store in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis.