UPDATE: Victim identified in overnight shooting in Minneapolis

Police say one person was killed after an overnight shooting in Minneapolis.

According to John Elder, director of the city’s Office of Police Information, officers were called just before 3 a.m. to the 2700 block of Dupont Avenue North on the report of a ShotSpotter activation.

When officers arrived at the scene, they saw numerous people fleeing from the area on foot.

Police then located a man in his 20s who had suffered a gunshot wound. Elder said the man was pronounced dead at the scene by medical personnel. Later Thursday, the Hennepin County Medical Examiner identified him as 20-year-old Edward Mathew Thomas Hodges Jr., stating he died of a gunshot wound to the chest.

Anyone with information regarding the incident is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-8477.