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Jamal Brandan Smith

Death by Force
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Jamal Brandan Smith, a 30-year-old Black man, was shot just before 2 a.m. near East Lake Street and 15th Avenue South in Minneapolis after officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert that was updated to a shooting. First responders found him gravely wounded and rushed him to Hennepin Healthcare, where he was pronounced dead. Another man, believed to have been injured in the same incident, arrived at the hospital separately with non-life-threatening wounds.

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  • Woman fatally shot in Minneapolis sought court protection from suspect weeks earlier
  • FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul: Lake Street shooting in Minneapolis kills man, injures another
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    Victim Details

    Jamal Brandan Smith

    Male

    Black / African American

    Minneapolis

    MN

    2025-09-14

    30

    Jamal

    Brandan Smith

    11/08/2025

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