A 17-year-old boy who had worked for a Republican congressional candidate running against Democratic Rep Ilhan Omar was shot and killed in an attack outside a gas station on Minneapolis’ north side.
A second person who also had worked for Republican Lacy Johnson was wounded in the shooting on Monday.
Earlier this morning, police in Minneapolis arrested a suspect in the fatal shooting following a high-speed pursuit. He is now in custody but has yet to be named.
Both police and Johnson, a businessman who is seeking to unseat Omar in Minnesota’s Fifth Congressional District in November, said the attack did not appear to have anything to do with politics or the campaign.
The slain teen was identified as Andre Conley. The man who was wounded was hospitalized and was expected to survive.
The Johnson campaign said both Conley and the other victim were members of an outreach team and were not performing campaign duties during the incident.
According to police, the two were standing with a group of people outside the Super USA convenience store at the intersection of North Fremont and Dowling avenues just before 4.30pm when they were approached on foot by the assailant, who opened fire and fled, reported CBS Minneapolis.
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God bless his family. One more is too many.