Minneapolis police investigating two separate early morning homicides
By Fox 9 Staff
Two people were killed in two different shootings in Minneapolis early Saturday.
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Two separate shootings killed two people early Saturday morning, according to Minneapolis Police.
First, police say a gunshot victim arrived at North Memorial around 1:37 a.m. The victim died at the hospital before police could speak to her.
Police believe the shooting took place on the 2200 block of North 2nd Street. Police have collected evidence from the scene.
The second shooting happened around 1:48 a.m. Police responded to the area of East Lake Street and Hiawatha Avenue on a report a person had been shot.
Twin Cities man killed in head-on crash in Sumter Township
The crash happened Wednesday evening.
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A 35-year-old man was killed in a head-on crash west of the Twin Cities Wednesday evening.
Somelith Larry Silavong, of Brooklyn Park, was heading westbound on Highway 212 in Sumter Township just before 9:30 p.m., according to the State Patrol s incident report.
At Orange Avenue, the Acura TL he was driving crashed head-on with a Chevy Silverado traveling the other direction.
Silavong, who was wearing a seat belt, died as a result of the wreck. The driver of the Chevy, a 56-year-old woman from Brownton, Minnesota, suffered non-life threatening injuries. She was taken to Hennepin County Medical Center.