2023 Minneapolis mass shooting: Man sentenced to 18 years

Video shows people running from Mpls shooting

Nine people are recovering following the second mass shooting in Minneapolis in as many weekends after two people opened fire along East Franklin Avenue. FOX 9?s Corin Hoggard has the details.

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - A man was sentenced for his role in a Minneapolis mass shooting that injured nine people, including six teenagers, in the summer of 2023. 

Another shooter in the incident was sentenced earlier this month.

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Jaden Trejaun Butcher, 20, was sentenced to more than 18 years in prison on Wednesday after pleading guilty to six counts of first-degree attempted murder. He was credited with 499 days for time served. 

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What they're saying:

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty shared the following statement after Butcher was sentenced:

"Mr. Butcher caused immense physical and emotional harm to the victims in this incident; we’re grateful no lives were lost. Our thoughts are with all the victims of Mr. Butcher’s actions. This is a lengthy sentence that protects our community and holds him accountable for his actions that evening."

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The shooting happened when two gunmen started shooting near the intersection of East Franklin and Chicago Avenues in Minneapolis just before 6 p.m. on Aug. 20, 2023. 

The criminal complaint states the two gunmen, one armed with a handgun and the other with an automatic rifle, got out of a car and shot into a large crowd of people who were playing dice on the sidewalk. 

Investigators used surveillance video to connect the vehicle used in the shooting to Butcher's legal guardian and determined the vehicle was also connected to an attempted homicide at a Valvoline oil change shop. 

Police then tried to arrest Butcher, but he escaped during a high-speed chase. 

Butcher was arrested six months after the mass shooting when he was being treated at the hospital for a gunshot wound to his foot.