Minneapolis Police: 2 critically injured after gas station shooting
Minneapolis Police investigating a shooting at West Lake Street and South Aldrich Avenue early Saturday morning. (FOX 9)
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - An overnight shooting in south Minneapolis has left two people fighting for their lives.
The Minneapolis Police Department says it responded to a report of a shooting around 3:15 a.m. Saturday at the 800 block of West Lake Street. Inside the Speedway gas station, officers found a woman in her 20s who was shot in the leg. Officers applied a tourniquet. Officers also located a man, whose age is unknown, who was shot in his torso and unconscious.
Fire medics treated the injured man and woman at the scene, then took them to the hospital. Police said their injuries are potentially life-threatening.
The woman who was shot was conscious when officers arrived. Police said she, and others in the area, provided "limited information."
The shooting remains under investigation.
Police found a woman in her 20s and a man whose age is unknown with "apparent life-threatening" gunshot wounds inside the gas station store. (FOX 9)