Demeetrous Eugene Martin, a 44-year-old Black man, was killed in a daylight shooting on July 26, 2025. According to police, Martin was standing outside in the 3000 block of Grand Avenue South shortly after 1 p.m. when a vehicle stopped nearby, a man exited and fired multiple rounds. First responders found Martin gravely wounded; he was pronounced dead at the scene. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled the cause of death multiple gunshot wounds and classified it a homicide.

Minneapolis police described the attack as brazen violence and opened an intensive investigation. A 21-year-old Minneapolis man was arrested in the 4700 block of Cedar Avenue South later that day and booked on suspicion of murder, but was released from jail a few days later without charges. Authorities say the investigation is ongoing and are asking anyone with information to come forward.

Did anyone in the neighborhood see the vehicle or the person who got out that day?