Authorities ID Victim, Suspect in Mpls. Hotel Shooting

One person is dead and another in custody after a shooting at a downtown Minneapolis hotel.

The Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office says 33-year-old Jeremy Shannon died of multiple gunshot wounds inside the Millennium Hotel, located in the 1300 block of Nicollet Mall.

Officers were called there around 2:30 a.m. Saturday on a report of a shooting, according to Minneapolis police. Shannon was pronounced dead at the scene.

Officers located a suspect at a nearby hotel. They later identified him as 33-year-old Brian Vincent Griffin of Minneapolis. He was being held in the Hennepin County Jail Saturday.

Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call the police department's tip line at 612-692-TIPS (8477).

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