MINNEAPOLIS — Police have arrested a suspect in a shooting early Saturday which left two people dead and eight other injured in downtown Minneapolis, according to multiple reports.
Update 10:05 p.m. ET May 22: Minneapolis police spokesperson John Elder told CNN that authorities arrested Jawan Contrail Carroll, 23, in connection to Saturday’s deadly shooting. Records from Hennepin County Jail showed Contrail was booked into jail around 5:25 p.m. Saturday on probable cause of murder.
Police said officers heard gunshots just before 2 a.m. Saturday, as officers were working downtown around the 300 block of N 1st Avenue. They found a man dead on the ground and several other people who appeared to have gunshot wounds.
Investigators said the shooting started after two people got into an argument while in a crowd.
“Both individuals pulled out guns and began shooting at each other,” police said in a news release.
Two men were killed in the shooting. Three other men and five women were also injured.
Authorities continue to investigate.
Original report: Two people were fatally shot and eight others injured in a shooting outside of a downtown Minneapolis bar early Saturday morning, investigators said.
Minneapolis police were in the area working as bars were closing when the shooting started around 2 a.m., KARE reported.
Officers ran to the sound of the gunshots and “encountered an exceptionally chaotic scene.” They found several people wounded on the ground and two men dead.
Ambulances had difficulty reaching the scene because of crowds in the area, police said.
Police said there were five men and five women victims. All were adults. Seven of the victims were taken to hospitals and were treated for non-life-threatening injuries. Another victim was taken to a hospital in critical condition.
Investigators said the shooting happened after a verbal confrontation between two people in a crowded area escalated.
“Both individuals pulled out guns and began shooting at each other,” police said.
Police said order was restored by 5 a.m. and there was no threat to the public.