Teenage Girl Fatally Shot on Brooklyn Park Street
A Brooklyn Park teen was shot and killed on a Brooklyn Park street just ahead of the Fourth of July holiday.
According to police, a 17-year-old girl was fatally shot on Tuesday, July 1.
Brooklyn Park police were dispatched to a shooting in the 7000 block of Lakeland Avenue North at 7:54 p.m.
Arriving officers found the 17-year-old victim with a life-threatening gunshot wound.
First responders provided medical aid and rushed her to the hospital, but she was later pronounced dead.
Police set up a perimeter and searched for a suspect using a Minnesota State Patrol helicopter, but they weren’t able to find anyone connected to the crime.
Detectives were continuing to investigate the shooting as of Wednesday afternoon.
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