Man dies 6 days after downtown Minneapolis shooting, suspect still at large

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Authorities say a man that was shot during an incident in downtown Minneapolis last Friday night has died.

What happened

The backstory:

The Minneapolis Police Department responded to a report of a shooting at 6:30 p.m. on April 18 near the area of 5th Avenue South and 9th Street South. When officers arrived, they located a man in his 20s slumped over in a vehicle with at least one life-threatening gunshot wound.

Officers were able to get his heartbeat, and he was taken to Hennepin Healthcare Hospital. The man died on Thursday.

Crash after shooting

What we know:

Police say their preliminary information shows the victim is believed to have driven after he was shot, hit a family in another vehicle and continued another half block before coming to a stop near 3rd Avenue South and 9th Street South. The family in the vehicle that was hit were not injured.

Evidence of gunshots was found both at the intersection of 5th Avenue South and 9th Street South, and on the victim’s vehicle.

Suspect at large

Timeline:

Police say no arrests have been made in connection with the shooting. What led up to the incident remains under investigation. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office will release the identity of the deceased man along with the cause and manner of his death.