Three dead, including suspect, and others injured Minneapolis apartment building shooting

Two people were killed and six others, including three police officers, were injured in a shooting at a downtown Minneapolis apartment building Wednesday, officials said.

The suspected shooter is also dead, police Sgt. Garrett Parten said. It is unknown how he died, Parten said.

“This afternoon, a tragic scene has unfolded that has impacted numerous lives,” Parten said.

Police responded to a report of one person shot at 15 East Grant St. at around 4:36 p.m., but additional 911 callers reported hearing more gunfire, Parten said.

Responding officers entered the high rise apartment building where they “encountered victims and heard additional gunfire,” Parten said.

Officers followed the sound of gunfire to an upper floor of the building, and on that floor officers encountered a haze that significantly limited their visibility,” he said.

Three officers in all were injured, Parten said, two of whom were shot.

Four other people with apparent gunshot wounds were taken to the hospital, where one died, and an additional person died at the scene, he said.

One of the shot officers was in surgery Wednesday evening, and the other suffered a gunshot wound to the leg that was not life-threatening, Parten said. The third officer was…

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