2025 Lake Transit shooting
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| 2025 Lake Transit shooting | |
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| Target | Homeless people |
Attack type | Mass shooting |
| Deaths | 2 |
Non-fatal injuries | 10 |
| Perpetrator | Trivon Leonard Jr. |
Five people are injured and at least seven people are shot in a mass shooting at the I-35W & Lake Street station in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.[1][2]
Shootings
The first shooting occured at a homeless encampment in the area of Lyndale and Whittier. Five people were injured, including one critically.[3] One of the victims, 46-year-old Adam John Peterson, succumbed to his wounds on September 20th.[4][5]
The second shooting occured at another homeless encampment in the Longfellow neighborhood. The shooting happened on a property where the property owner had allowed homeless residents to camp on the property in protest of the perceived failure of city officials to address the homelessness crisis in the city. Seven people were injured (some shot in the head). A 30-year-old-woman, Jacinda Oakgrove, succumbed to her wounds on September 18th.[6]
Perpetrator
31-year-old Trivon Leonard Jr., of Richton Park, Illinois was arrested & charged in the connection to one of the encampment shootings.[7][8][9][10][11][12]
See also
- Stockton serial shootings
- 2022 Northeastern U.S. serial shootings
- 2022 Langley shootings
- 2023 Los Angeles spree shootings
- 2024 Chicago train shooting
References
- ↑ Staff, FOX 9 (2025-09-15). "Minneapolis shooting near Lake Street transit station leaves 5 hurt". FOX 9. Retrieved 2025-09-16.
- ↑ Sawyer, Liz (September 16, 2025). "Eight people shot in Minneapolis at landlord's homeless encampment hours after another mass shooting". www.startribune.com. Retrieved 2025-09-16.
- ↑ "5 injured in Monday morning shooting in Minneapolis". KSTP-TV. September 15, 2025. Retrieved September 15, 2025.
- ↑ "Man dies after shooting at East Lake Street and Stevens Avenue that injured 4 others". kstp.com. 20 September 2025. Retrieved September 20, 2025.
- ↑ Fraiser, Krystal (20 September 2025). "Man hit in mass shooting near I-35W, Lake Street Station dies from injuries". CBS News. Retrieved September 20, 2025.
- ↑ Henderson, Eric (September 19, 2025). "Woman struck in mass shooting at Minneapolis homeless encampment dies of her injuries". WCCO-TV. CBS News. CBS. Retrieved September 19, 2025.
- ↑ "Deadly shooting at Minneapolis homeless encampment stemmed from drug turf dispute, charges say". kare11.com. Retrieved September 26, 2025.
- ↑ Day, Jeff. "Mass shooting at encampment involved Illinois drug dealers and fight over territory, charges say". The Minnesota Star Tribune. Retrieved September 26, 2025.
- ↑ "Lake Street encampment shooting stemmed from dispute over drug territory, charges say". CBS News. Retrieved September 26, 2025.
- ↑ "Minneapolis encampment mass shooting stemmed from 'drug territory' dispute: Charges". Fox 9. Retrieved September 26, 2025.
- ↑ "Charges: Encampment mass shooting erupted from drug territory dispute". kstp.com. Retrieved September 26, 2025.
- ↑ "Mass shooting at Minneapolis encampment involved Illinois drug dealers and fight over territory, new charges say". Union-Bulletin. Retrieved September 26, 2025.
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