Incident

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7-08-2016 Minnesota Minneapolis 2-2

Location

July 08, 2016

Incident Address

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Participants

Type: Victim
Name: Melia Jones
Age: 1
Age Group: Child 0-11
Gender: Female
Status: Injured

Type: Victim
Name: Le'Vonte King Jason Jones
Age: 2
Age Group: Child 0-11
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Type: Subject-Suspect
Name: Melvonte L. Peterson
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Unharmed, Arrested

Type: Subject-Suspect
Name: Chris Maurice Welch
Age: 31
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Unharmed, Arrested

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Wounded/Injured
Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
Child Involved Incident
Child killed (not child shooter)
Child injured (not child shooter)
Drive-by (car to street, car to car)
Shootout (where VENN diagram of shooters and victims overlap)
Gang involvement

Notes

Children shot during possible gang dispute. bystanders in minivan to shootout, father return gunfire

Guns Involved

2 guns involved.

Type: Unknown

Type: Unknown

Sources

URL: http://www.valleynewslive.com/content/news/2-year-old-dead-15-month-old-injured-in-Minneapolis-shooting-386054151.html

URL: http://www.mprnews.org/story/2016/07/08/1-child-dead-1-wounded-nort-minneapolis-shooting

URL: http://www.inforum.com/news/crime/4071364-two-year-old-shot-crossfire-minneapolis-identified-no-arrest-yet

URL: http://www.startribune.com/father-charged-in-connection-with-son-s-drive-by-shooting-death/386982431/#1

URL: http://kstp.com/news/suspect-arrested-levonte-king-jason-jones-shooting-death-penn-avenue-north-lowry-avenue-north/4206763/

District

Congressional District: 5
State Senate District: 59