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A mass shooting in Minneapolis left Leras Francis Rainey, 28, dead after he was shot while riding in a vehicle near 25th Street East and Bloomington Avenue on April 29, 2025. Rainey, a Native American father of four, was hit in the head and taken to Hennepin Healthcare, where he died on May 1, 2025; his death was ruled a homicide. Four other people were shot in the same attack.

Three — 17-year-old Joseph Douglas Goodwin, 20-year-old Merelle Joan White and 27-year-old Evan Ramon Denny — were killed, and a 20-year-old woman survived a gunshot wound to the face and later identified a suspect to police. Authorities arrested 34-year-old James Duane Ortley and charged him with multiple counts of second-degree murder and one count of attempted murder; investigators allege the shooting was targeted and gang-related.

Does anyone have information about Rainey, the vehicle, or that night near 25th Street East and Bloomington Avenue?