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Darnell Allen Watkins

Case from Minneapolis, MN dated Sep 08, 2025

Victim Details

Darnell Allen Watkins

Male

Black / African American

Minneapolis

MN

2025-09-08

40

Darnell

Allen Watkins

07/10/2026

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Darnell Allen Watkins, a 40-year-old Black man from Minneapolis, was shot multiple times just after 1 a.m. on September 8, 2025, in the city's Ventura Village neighborhood. Metro Transit officers near Chicago and Franklin avenues reported hearing the gunfire; minutes later, police found the 40-year-old male in the front yard of a home on the 1900 block of Elliot Avenue South. Officers tried to save him on the lawn, but the 40-year-old male died at the scene. By the next day, the medical examiner ...
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  • KSTP.com 5 Eyewitness News: Shooting leaves 1 dead in Minneapolis
  • Darnell Allen Watkins Obituary (2025) - Minneapolis
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