Robbery attempt leads to fatal shooting in Cedar-Riverside, police say
Minneapolis police investigate a fatal shooting in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Update: Police say a suspect was arrested overnight in St. Paul.
Police are investigating a shooting that left a man dead Tuesday in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis.
According to Minneapolis Police Spokesman John Elder, at about 7 p.m., officers were dispatched to a report of an armed robbery on the 400 block of Cedar Avenue. When they arrived, they found a man inside a store, suffering from several gunshot wounds.
Police believe a male entered the store and attempted to rob it, shooting the clerk before fleeing the scene in a car.
The man, who was in his 40s, was transported to the hospital where he later died.