2 people die in Minneapolis shooting

MINNEAPOLIS — Two people were killed and eight more were wounded, one seriously, in a shooting in downtown Minneapolis early Saturday, police said.

Police spokesperson John Elder said the gunfire stemmed from two men in a crowd who got into an argument near the Monarch nightclub, pulled out guns and started shooting, KMSP-TV reported.

Elder said a 23-year-old

Bloomington man had been arrested, the Star Tribune reported. He was one of two shooters at the scene, Elder said. The other was one of the victims.

Five men and five women were shot, the Police Department said in a series of tweets. Two of the men died and another man was hospitalized in critical condition, police said. The other seven had injuries not considered to be life-threatening.

It was not the only shooting in the city overnight, the Star Tribune reported. Five people were shot in separate incidents. One of them later died.

The latest deaths brought the city’s homicide total to 31 for 2021.

“We can stem crime in our city, but it will take all of us coming together with a renewed commitment to preventative work and a shared resolve to stop the gun violence,” Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said in a statement Saturday.