Minneapolis police investigating Friday night homicide
Intersection of 35th Avenue North and Penn Avenue North (KSTP)
UPDATE 06/30/24:
The victim was identified Sunday by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office as Carl Maurice Woodard, 55.
His cause of death was determined to be a gunshot wound to the torso. His death was ruled a homicide.
The Minneapolis Police Department is investigating a homicide that occurred late Friday night.
Police said they were called to a reported shooting on 3500 block of Penn Avenue North at around 10:55 p.m. After arriving, they found a man in his 50s with life-threatening gunshot wounds sitting in a vehicle.
Officers provided aid until emergency medical services arrived, but despite their efforts, the man died at the scene.
Homicide investigators are working to determine the circumstances that led up to the shooting and no arrests have been made so far.
The name of the man, along with his manner of death, will be released by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner at a later time.