Shooting

18 photos · 2024–2026

18 photographs tagged Shooting, 2024–2026.

Minneapolis Police Chief Bill Peterson takes questions from reporters
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey holds a press briefing on the shooting from earlier in the day. He talked about “how heroic” officers were in their response, saying “but for their heroic work, the death toll would have been far higher”. Interim Minneapolis Police Chief Bill Peterson read from a prepared statement before taking a couple questions. It’s still unknown how the shooter died, earlier in the day the police department said it wasn’t known how he died. The shooter, who’s been identified in reports as Carlton Neal Johnson II, had reportedly been fighting eviction proceedings and has shown a history of violent threats with a gun. Minneapolis Community Safety Commissioner Barnette and Hennepin Sheriff Witt did not speak.

Mayor Frey and Chief Peterson at Shoreline Plaza Press Briefing

City officials brief reporters after September 2, 2026 mass shooting
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey holds a press briefing on the shooting from earlier in the day. He talked about “how heroic” officers were in their response, saying “but for their heroic work, the death toll would have been far higher”. Interim Minneapolis Police Chief Bill Peterson read from a prepared statement before taking a couple questions. It’s still unknown how the shooter died, earlier in the day the police department said it wasn’t known how he died. The shooter, who’s been identified in reports as Carlton Neal Johnson II, had reportedly been fighting eviction proceedings and has shown a history of violent threats with a gun. Minneapolis Community Safety Commissioner Barnette and Hennepin Sheriff Witt did not speak.

Officials Stand Together at Shoreline Plaza Press Briefing

Minneapolis Police Interim Chief Bill Peterson and Sheriff Dewanna Witt
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey holds a press briefing on the shooting from earlier in the day. He talked about “how heroic” officers were in their response, saying “but for their heroic work, the death toll would have been far higher”. Interim Minneapolis Police Chief Bill Peterson read from a prepared statement before taking a couple questions. It’s still unknown how the shooter died, earlier in the day the police department said it wasn’t known how he died. The shooter, who’s been identified in reports as Carlton Neal Johnson II, had reportedly been fighting eviction proceedings and has shown a history of violent threats with a gun. Minneapolis Community Safety Commissioner Barnette and Hennepin Sheriff Witt did not speak.

Chief Bill Peterson Takes Questions at Shoreline Plaza Briefing

Minneapolis Police Interim Chief Bill Peterson speaks to reporters
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey holds a press briefing on the shooting from earlier in the day. He talked about “how heroic” officers were in their response, saying “but for their heroic work, the death toll would have been far higher”. Interim Minneapolis Police Chief Bill Peterson read from a prepared statement before taking a couple questions. It’s still unknown how the shooter died, earlier in the day the police department said it wasn’t known how he died. The shooter, who’s been identified in reports as Carlton Neal Johnson II, had reportedly been fighting eviction proceedings and has shown a history of violent threats with a gun. Minneapolis Community Safety Commissioner Barnette and Hennepin Sheriff Witt did not speak.

Chief Bill Peterson and Mayor Frey Brief Press on Shoreline Plaza Shooting

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey speaking to reporters at City Hall
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey holds a press briefing on the shooting from earlier in the day. He talked about “how heroic” officers were in their response, saying “but for their heroic work, the death toll would have been far higher”. Interim Minneapolis Police Chief Bill Peterson read from a prepared statement before taking a couple questions. It’s still unknown how the shooter died, earlier in the day the police department said it wasn’t known how he died. The shooter, who’s been identified in reports as Carlton Neal Johnson II, had reportedly been fighting eviction proceedings and has shown a history of violent threats with a gun. Minneapolis Community Safety Commissioner Barnette and Hennepin Sheriff Witt did not speak.

Mayor Jacob Frey Addresses Press Beside Hennepin Sheriff Witt

Minneapolis Community Safety Commissioner Todd Barnette, September 2026
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey holds a press briefing on the shooting from earlier in the day. He talked about “how heroic” officers were in their response, saying “but for their heroic work, the death toll would have been far higher”. Interim Minneapolis Police Chief Bill Peterson read from a prepared statement before taking a couple questions. It’s still unknown how the shooter died, earlier in the day the police department said it wasn’t known how he died. The shooter, who’s been identified in reports as Carlton Neal Johnson II, had reportedly been fighting eviction proceedings and has shown a history of violent threats with a gun. Minneapolis Community Safety Commissioner Barnette and Hennepin Sheriff Witt did not speak.

Sheriff Witt and Commissioner Barnette at Shoreline Plaza Briefing

Mayor Jacob Frey speaks after September 2026 mass shooting
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey holds a press briefing on the shooting from earlier in the day. He talked about “how heroic” officers were in their response, saying “but for their heroic work, the death toll would have been far higher”. Interim Minneapolis Police Chief Bill Peterson read from a prepared statement before taking a couple questions. It’s still unknown how the shooter died, earlier in the day the police department said it wasn’t known how he died. The shooter, who’s been identified in reports as Carlton Neal Johnson II, had reportedly been fighting eviction proceedings and has shown a history of violent threats with a gun. Minneapolis Community Safety Commissioner Barnette and Hennepin Sheriff Witt did not speak.

Jacob Frey Praises Officers’ “Heroic” Response at Shoreline Plaza Briefing

Minneapolis Police squad car in accident at Nicollet Mall
Smashed up police vehicle on Nicollet Mall in Downtown Minneapolis. Reporting is the officer was responding to a mass shooting blocks away at 15 E Grant Street.

Wrecked Minneapolis Police Squad Car Outside Target on Nicollet Mall

Smashed up vehicle, Shoreline Plaza shooting Minneapolis
Smashed up vehicle on Nicollet Mall in Downtown Minneapolis. Reporting is the vehicle was involved in an accident with a Minneapolis police squad car that was responding to a mass shooting blocks away at 15 E Grant Street.

Wrecked Car on Nicollet Mall After Police Collision

Minneapolis Police squad car adccident, Nicollet Mall
Smashed up police vehicle on Nicollet Mall in Downtown Minneapolis. Reporting is the officer was responding to a mass shooting blocks away at 15 E Grant Street.

Wrecked Police SUV on Nicollet Mall After Shoreline Plaza Shooting

Armed federal agents at Shoreline Plaza
Images from the scene around 15 E Grant in Minneapolis. MPD says 3 officers were injured, 2 shot after they entered an active shooting scene. They say the shooter is dead, unknown how he died. MPD says 4 were transported to the hospital, 1 died. 1 person died at the scene.

Officers and Armed Agents Behind Tape at Shoreline Plaza

US Marshal Agents at Shoreline Plaza mass shooting in Minneapolis
Images from the scene around 15 E Grant in Minneapolis. MPD says 3 officers were injured, 2 shot after they entered an active shooting scene. They say the shooter is dead, unknown how he died. MPD says 4 were transported to the hospital, 1 died. 1 person died at the scene.

Tactical Officers Gather Behind Barricades at Shoreline Plaza

Robbinsdale Police at Minneapolis mass shooting
Images from the scene around 15 E Grant in Minneapolis. MPD says 3 officers were injured, 2 shot after they entered an active shooting scene. They say the shooter is dead, unknown how he died. MPD says 4 were transported to the hospital, 1 died. 1 person died at the scene.

Robbinsdale Officers Behind Police Tape Near Shoreline Plaza

Shoreline Plaza mass shooting in Minneapolis September 2026
Images from the scene around 15 E Grant in Minneapolis. MPD says 3 officers were injured, 2 shot after they entered an active shooting scene. They say the shooter is dead, unknown how he died. MPD says 4 were transported to the hospital, 1 died. 1 person died at the scene.

Police Vehicles Converge on Shoreline Plaza After Minneapolis Shooting

Police vehicles outside September 2026 mass shooting in Minneapolis
Images from the scene around 15 E Grant in Minneapolis. MPD says 3 officers were injured, 2 shot after they entered an active shooting scene. They say the shooter is dead, unknown how he died. MPD says 4 were transported to the hospital, 1 died. 1 person died at the scene.

Armored Police Vehicle Convoy Near Shoreline Plaza Shooting

Minneapolis Police Officer At Downtown Shooting
A Minneapolis police officer maintains a perimeter around a crime scene in Downtown Minneapolis following a double shooting on September 26, 2025. The officer looks on as place cards line the street where bullet casings were found on Hennepin Avenue shortly after rush hour.

Minneapolis Police Officer Guards Hennepin Avenue Shooting Perimeter

Spin and Lime Bikes need saving
Shared mobility bikes and scooters from Lime and Spin are seen behind a newly installed fence along the Midtown Greenway path in Minneapolis, beneath the Interstate 35W overpass. This section of the multi-use path, a vital east-west bicycle and pedestrian corridor, was closed while addressing ongoing concerns regarding open drug use that had been prevalent along this segment of the Greenway throughout the summer

Shared Bikes and Scooters Behind Fencing on the Midtown Greenway Under I-35W

Revel Apartments building boarded up on Lake Street in Minneapolis following a shooting incident.
Revel is an apartment building with ground floor retail on Lake Street in the Uptown neighborhood of Minneapolis. Its windows are boarded with plywood after gunfire shattered them in 2024.

Revel Apartments on Lake Street Boarded Up After a Shooting

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