Mijamin Forest, a 29-year-old African-American man, was fatally shot on the evening of Friday, September 16, 2011, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The incident occurred just after 8 p.m. outside an apartment building located at the southwest corner of 33rd Street and Blaisdell Avenue S. Police were dispatched to the scene following a report of gunshots in the area.
Upon their arrival, officers discovered Forest lying outside the building with multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene. At the time, authorities did not release further details about the circumstances leading up to the shooting. Residents in the vicinity had previously reported issues at the apartment building, with one neighbor stating that fights were a frequent occurrence and that she had contacted the police about trouble at that location just days before the fatal shooting.
In the immediate aftermath of the incident, the Minneapolis police department appealed to the public for assistance, asking anyone with information regarding the shooting to contact their tips line. No arrests were made at the time, and no suspects were publicly identified in connection with the homicide of Mijamin Forest.
