A man is shot and killed in downtown Minneapolis William Lashay Irvin, 35, a Black man, died in Minneapolis, Minnesota, after gunfire erupted in the downtown Warehouse District during the early hours of January 8, 2017. It was the uneasy moment after bar close, when the night's crowds spilled into the streets near Target Field and the Fourth Street North parking garage and transit building. Police were called to the area at about 2:20 a.m., and when officers arrived they found Irvin and a woman suffering from gunshot wounds.
Irvin was pronounced dead at the scene, and authorities said he died from multiple gunshot wounds; the death was ruled a homicide. 
Accounts tied to the investigation described the shooting as growing out of tension that began inside the newly opened PYRMD nightclub and then carried outside into the block where hundreds of people were moving between nearby bars and clubs. Investigators said a gunman or gunmen opened fire in the 300 block of 3rd Avenue North, striking Irvin fatally and wounding the woman, who was taken to a hospital with injuries reported as not life-threatening. Police indicated they believed Irvin and the woman were the intended targets, but publicly released few additional details about who pulled the trigger or why the confrontation escalated to a shooting. 
In the days that followed, the outline of Irvin's life surfaced through those who loved him: a quiet routine in North St. Paul, time with his children and young granddaughter, and work that kept him grounded—cutting hair and making music when he could. Family members spoke of earlier trouble in his past, but also of a man who had been trying to keep his head down, to build something steadier than the chaos he'd once known. The violence that found him downtown felt, to them, both senseless and bitterly familiar, a sudden ending that left them with grief and the gnawing question of who had decided his life could be taken in a crowded street. 
As for arrests or identified suspects, public reporting at the time stated that no arrests had been made, and later coverage noted that no arrests had yet been announced as investigators continued to look for suspects. The available public details did not name a specific suspect or describe anyone being charged, tried, or convicted in connection with Irvin's killing. 
