A man killed in a daylight shooting near downtown Minneapolis was identified Monday.
Brenell M. Green, 24, of St. Paul, suffered a gunshot to the torso on Thursday and died later that morning at HCMC, the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office said.
The gunfire occurred about 9:20 a.m. near Groveland and Nicollet avenues, police said. No arrests have been announced.
A man started shooting at Green, who took off running but was soon hit by gunfire, police said. Green fell to the ground about a block west of E. 19th Street and S. 1st Avenue.
There have been 67 homicides in Minneapolis so far this year, according to a Star Tribune database. That compares with 77 in the city at this time last year.
