Michael Whitelaw, a 50-year-old Black man, was found dead inside a ground-floor apartment in north Minneapolis after a welfare check on the morning of Thursday, October 27, 2016. Officers who entered the unit discovered Whitelaw had been shot multiple times; the Hennepin County Medical Examiner ruled the death a homicide.

Neighbors reported being jolted awake around 2:30 a.m. by a rapid burst of gunfire. Early reports and police scanner traffic described the front door as having been peppered with gunfire, suggesting bullets were fired through the entrance before the scene inside went still. The building was said to have secured access, and investigators examined whether the door had been left open or otherwise breached. Detectives also checked the building’s cameras and searched the apartment and surrounding area for clues.

A neighbor later said they saw a man near the building around the time of the shooting, who appeared to be going through the back of a vehicle before driving away; police did not identify or publicly describe that person in detail. In the days after the killing, investigators asked for information, and news coverage indicated no arrests had been announced.

Does anyone have information about activity near Glenwood Avenue North and Knox Avenue around that night?