Jalen Mathis Easton, 23, was killed in a Minneapolis home on February 7, 2025. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner ruled the death a homicide after multiple gunshot wounds. The shooting occurred just before 2 a.m. on the 2500 block of 26th Avenue North; Easton was pronounced dead at the scene at 1:55 a.m.

Police say bullets were fired from outside the residence, penetrating the walls and striking Easton and a woman in her 20s. The woman suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to a hospital. Minneapolis officials described the incident as a targeted attack and noted it was one of two separate homicides in the city that night, but they do not believe the events are related.

Friends and family remembered Easton for his love of basketball. As of the days after the shooting, no arrests have been made and no suspects publicly identified; the Minneapolis Police Department is asking anyone with information to come forward.

Did anyone in Brooklyn Park or north Minneapolis see or hear anything that could help investigators?