Minneapolis shooting: What we know about the suspect

Police named the suspect in a Minneapolis shooting that left two people dead and three police officers wounded as Carlton Neal Johnson II on Sept. 3.

Drew Evans, superintendent of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, said that Johnson, 35, is "believed to be" the suspect in the shooting, but added that the bureau is waiting on confirmation from the medical examiner's office.

Evans said during a Sept. 3 news conference that the medical examiner confirmed that Johnson died "in an exchange of gunfire" with police.

The shooting took place in a downtown Minneapolis high-rise Sept. 2, where Evans confirmed the suspect had an apartment on the 9th floor. Evans said the first shots were fired outside of the building during a "custody exchange" for a child Johnson had with a woman from a prior relationship. She was also shot.

Evans identified the two people killed in the shooting as 63-year-old Dale H. Spry and 61-year-old Muse A. Afrah. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said both were believed to have been residents of the apartment building.

The three civilians who were injured in the shooting are being treated, but Evans did not provide further updates on their conditions. Evans…

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