Two women wounded in Cedar Avenue parking-lot shooting
Minneapolis police say two women were injured when a fight in a parking lot on the 300 block of Cedar Avenue South escalated into gunfire just before 1:20 a.m. Sunday, March 1. Officers found an 18-year-old woman at the scene with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound and brought her to the hospital. A 23-year-old woman arrived at a different hospital about 30 minutes later with a similar non-life-threatening gunshot wound, and the vehicle she came in showed "evidence of gunfire" and was towed as part of the investigation. Detectives believe the shooting followed an altercation in the lot, but no arrests or suspect details have been released. The incident adds to ongoing concerns about late-night violence in busy Cedar-Riverside corridors, where residents and business owners have been using social media to call for more visible, accountable policing.
đ Key Facts
- Shooting occurred just before 1:20 a.m. Sunday, March 1, in a parking lot on the 300 block of Cedar Avenue South.
- Victims are an 18-year-old woman and a 23-year-old woman, both treated for non-life-threatening gunshot wounds.
- Investigators believe a fight in the lot escalated to gunfire; no arrests have been announced and one vehicle with bullet damage was towed.
đ Relevant Data
The Cedar-Riverside neighborhood in Minneapolis has a racial composition of 57.7% Black or African American alone, 26.0% White, and 73.0% people of color overall based on 2018-2022 data.
Cedar Riverside and Elliot Park violence interrupters funding - REIA â minneapolismn.gov
In Minneapolis, Black residents comprise 18.8% of the population according to 2024 Census data.
Minneapolis city, Minnesota - U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts â census.gov
In 2023, roughly 79% of Minneapolis shooting victims were Black.
The ripple effects of gun violence in Minnesota â MinnPost
In Minneapolis, Black individuals constitute 18% of the population but were responsible for 88% of homicides in which the race of the offender was known.
Maligning Minneapolis â City Journal
The rate of violent crime among Black Minneapolis residents is 27 times higher than among White residents.
Maligning Minneapolis â City Journal
In Minnesota in 2024, Black individuals accounted for 98 out of 161 known homicide offenders (approximately 61%), while Black residents comprise about 7% of the state's population.
2024 BCA Uniform Crime Report â MN.gov
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