MINNEAPOLIS — Three children 10 and under have been killed by gunfire in Minneapolis since April 30. No arrests have been made.
Crime Stoppers of Minnesota and the Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce have partnered to offer a total of $30,000 for information in these cases.
Crime Stoppers of Minnesota has provided the following descriptions of each fatal shooting:
Ladavionne Garrett Jr., 10
On Friday April 30, 2021, 10-year-old Ladavionne Garrett Jr. was riding in a car with his mother and father on a visit from their home in St. Cloud when a gunman opened fire with a bullet striking Ladavionne’s head. This shooting took place in the afternoon near 34th and Morgan in North Minneapolis.
Trinity Ottoson-Smith
On Saturday May 15, 2021, Trinity Ottoson-Smith was shot in the head while playing on a trampoline in the 2200 block of Ilona Av. N in Minneapolis. The 9-year-old girl was taken to North Memorial Hospital in critical condition. Police have information that the shooter was in a red 4-door Ford vehicle.
Aniya Allen, 6
On the evening of Monday May 17, 2021, 6-year-old Aniya Allen and her mother had just left a McDonald’s when at the intersection of N. 36th and Penn Av. shots from what is believed by Police to be a gang gunfight struck and killed Aniya.
Submit an anonymous tip for any of these and other cases on the Crime Stoppers of Minnesota website.
In addition to the above atrocities, on the evening of May 22 in downtown Minneapolis the following insanity was perpetrated:
A large crowd had gathered on the sidewalk in front of a nightclub. Two dimwits got into a "verbal altercation". They both drew guns and began shooting wildly at each other. 10 people were struck by bullets and two died at the scene.
All the shooters and all the victims are black persons. No comment from BLM. I guess those little kids lives don't matter to them.
The victims and their familys matter a lot to me. The shooters not at all. They can rot in solitary for the rest of their miserable lives. They are a waste of oxygen.
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CourtJester
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May 25, 2021
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Sounds like someone is trying to start a war. Against who? I do not think anyone has given any thought to what they are doing.
dalefvictor
Level 8
May 25, 2021
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The shooter's thought processes are alien to any rational person. Whatever happened to settling a beef by dukeing it out. There was a time when that was common and the worst that happened was a shiner and a split lip.
People afraid to call the police are afraid for a reason.
What do you do when the "good guys" and the "bad guys" are all trying to kill you?
Willow_Wisp
Level 8
May 25, 2021
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All of the aforementioned shootings occurred without any police presence. Are you suggesting that these victims and their families would be safer if no police existed? What would be your preferred alternative?
@dumasarok Oh, please!
So if non-white people see a situation developing, they are supposed to call the police?
racocn8
Level 9
May 25, 2021
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I don't understand what your point is.
@dumasarok Your disparaging comment against BLM speaks volumes. BLM obviously cares about all people being needlessly murdered. A big part of their complaint is that they do not receive competent police services to address the violence in their community. The behavior of the police is no better than the shooters who you rightly describe: "They can rot in solitary for the rest of their miserable lives. They are a waste of oxygen." Thus, non-whites that see a situation developing call the police at their own peril, and they know that. They have seen that those that called the police ended up being murdered by the police they called.
@racocn8 You make a lot of assumptions in your long distance analysis.
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