Bobby Glenn Hawkins, a 21-year-old Black/African American man from Brooklyn Center, was shot on the evening of January 3, 2025, in the 3200 block of Fremont Avenue North in Minneapolis. ShotSpotter alerted officers around 6:20 p.m.; Hawkins was found with life-threatening gunshot wounds and taken to North Memorial Health Hospital in Robbinsdale, where he died and was pronounced dead at about 9:24 p.m. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner ruled the death a homicide from multiple gunshot wounds.

Hawkins was the city’s first homicide victim of 2025. The investigation remains active and authorities are asking anyone with information to come forward.