In the predawn quiet of July 20, 2025, 19-year-old Darnell Hawkins Mapp, a male and Black/African American from St. Paul, was shot multiple times near the river's edge at North Mississippi Regional Park, by 5116 Mississippi Drive North in Minneapolis. Officers responded shortly after 3 a.m. to reports of gunfire; lifesaving efforts failed, and he was pronounced dead at the scene at 3:54 a.m. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner ruled the death a homicide, listing multiple gunshot wounds as the c
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