At least three people were injured Friday morning following a reported shooting.

According to the University of Minnesota Police Department (UMNPD), the shooting occurred at 2:15 a.m. at the intersection of 4th Street Southeast and 13th Avenue Southeast.

In addition to UMNPD, officers with the Minneapolis Police Department also responded to the area, when both departments heard shots had been fired.

According to Minneapolis police, UMNPD officers found a 22-year-old man had received a life-threatening gunshot wound and was taken to Hennepin Healthcare Hospital for treatment.

Minneapolis police say at 2:25 a.m., an 18-year-old man was dropped off at a separate hospital for a non-life-threatening gunshot wound. Then, at 3:02 a.m., another person, a 17-year-old boy, was dropped off at the hospital also with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound.

Minneapolis police say the shooting occurred while a physical altercation involving multiple people was occurring at the intersection of 4th Street Southeast and 13th Avenue Southeast.

No arrests have been made at this time.

“I heard like 20 rapid shots, rapid succession it sounded like an automatic weapon,” Isaac Benson, U of M alumni, said.

Benson was sleeping in his Dinkytown home when the sound of gunfire erupted in the street.

A witness sent 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS a video showing investigators standing around what appears to be a gun that’s now evidence.

Those bullets from the shooting pierced the glass of a library across the street.

“I went here for four years and it’s always been a violent, turbulent area,” Benson said. “You really hate to see it. I just want it to be safe here.”

Violence and crime have been a concern in Dinkytown for years, which is why the U of M Safety Center opened in the neighborhood two months ago.

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“To provide a safe place for students, but we want to educate the students as well how to be safe in the neighborhood, how to be aware of your surroundings,” Nicholas Juarez, U of M’s Department of Public Safety, said. “That visible presence creates a sense of safety for students. It relaxes them and we wanted the environment.”

The safety center is open from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday through Friday and is closed on weekends.

“For the after-hours, we have our portable cameras in the area, as well as the camera outside of the safety center that our dispatch center can watch and observe what’s happening in the area. At that time, we also have our officers who are doing the Dinkytown detail,” Juarez said. “

Neighbors who are exhausted from crime hope the new efforts bring change.

Officials explained the U of M Safety Center will be open on weekends starting Nov. 15 as students prepare for finals.

Juarez mentioned starting in the spring semester, they’ll start holding self-defense and situational awareness workshops for students.