Maplewood man ID’d as victim of fatal shooting in Minneapolis

Mara H. Gottfried, Pioneer Press
Updated ·1 min read

A 32-year-old fatally shot in Minneapolis was from Maplewood, the medical examiner’s office said Monday.

Christopher Darnell Thurmond was among three people shot in the area of Central Avenue near Lowry Avenue about 9:45 p.m. Sunday.

“Preliminary information indicates there was an altercation between several individuals who were known to each other when shots were fired and three people were struck,” Minneapolis police said in a statement.

Officers found Thurmond on the ground and he was taken to HCMC, where he died of multiple gunshot wounds later that night, according to the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office.

A vehicle had left the scene and was found near Fourth Street Southeast and Central Avenue. A man and woman were inside and each had apparent non-life threatening gunshot wounds, according to Minneapolis police. They were also taken to the hospital.

Police arrested two women in the case. The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office said they received two cases to review — one for homicide, which they declined, and one for assault, which they sent back to investigators for additional work before it’s potentially resubmitted for review.

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