Marvin Ray McCowen, 42, was shot and killed in the early hours of April 2, 2026, in Minneapolis’ Hawthorne neighborhood. A 911 caller reported hearing a single gunshot around 1:18 a.m., then someone calling for help. Officers responding to the area of 31st Avenue North and 4th Avenue found McCowen lying in the street with a life-threatening gunshot wound.

First responders provided emergency aid and he was taken by ambulance to a local hospital, where he died. The Minneapolis Police Department is investigating the shooting; no arrests have been announced and no suspect information has been released. The circumstances that led to the fatal shooting remain under investigation.

Did anyone in the Hawthorne area hear or see anything around 1:18 a.m. that morning that could help investigators?