Michael Alfred Johnson, 27, was shot just after midnight on July 26, 2025, near 24th Street East and 18th Avenue South in Minneapolis’s East Phillips neighborhood. Officers found him in the street with at least one life-threatening gunshot wound; medics took him to Hennepin Healthcare, where he died. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner later identified him and ruled the death a homicide from a gunshot wound to the torso.

Police and local reporting say the shooting followed a verbal confrontation that escalated into gunfire. Investigators marked shell casings and canvassed for witnesses around the intersection by East Phillips Park, and authorities publicly asked for tips. A city bulletin tied to case number 25-208202 urged anyone with information to contact detectives or CrimeStoppers. No arrests had been announced in the hours and days after the shooting, and no suspects were publicly identified in custody.

Does anyone who was in the East Phillips area on the night of July 26 have information that could help investigators?