Four teens wounded in Lake Street Popeyes shooting

Minneapolis police say four teenage boys were shot late Friday night outside a Popeyes restaurant on the 300 block of Lake Street West, in yet another burst of gunfire along a key commercial corridor. Officers responding just before midnight found a 16-year-old boy with at least one non-life-threatening gunshot wound near the drive-thru and two 17-year-olds with similar wounds inside a nearby building entrance; all three were taken to the hospital by ambulance. A fourth victim, also 17, later arrived at the hospital by private vehicle with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound. Investigators believe the group was exiting the Popeyes when someone opened fire, but police have released nothing on motive, suspect description, or whether any of the boys were targeted or simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. The shooter fled and no arrests have been announced, leaving families and late-night workers along Lake Street watching yet another crime scene tape go up while basic answers from MPD are still missing.