Police on scene of shooting in Edina (WCCO Radio)
EDINA, Minn. (KFGO/CBS) – Police in Edina say three men were arrested around 4:15 p.m. Wednesday after a fatal shooting near the city’s Southdale Center.
The shooting happened around 12:30 p.m. near West 66th Street and York Avenue, just north of the mall. Police say one person was found at the scene suffering from a gunshot wound and died. The suspects left before officers arrived.
The Edina Police Chief called the search ‘extensive’, as law enforcement deployed drones and a helicopter flew overhead. SWAT teams staged in the area for several hours.
Several nearby businesses and clinics temporarily went into lockdown due to the shooting, including the mall and M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital.
“Very unsafe. This shouldn’t have happened,” said Izakk, who lives in the building police surrounded.
The Edina Police Chief described the complex as transitional, affordable housing, adding its been around for about five years.
“It’s usually a quiet place. It has some good people, there are some troublesome people, obviously everywhere has that, but we’re usually just all trying to do what we need to do to live life, get jobs and have futures,” Izaak said.
Police say the suspects and victim know each other and the shooting was not random.
Comments