TeeJay Alvarez, 31, was shot in an apartment on the 300 block of Mark Avenue in Fosston, Minnesota, on June 8, 2026, and died of his injury the next morning, June 9. Officers responded to a 911 call about a disturbance possibly involving a firearm; Alvarez was initially taken to a local hospital in a private vehicle and then airlifted to Essentia Health in Fargo, North Dakota, where he later succumbed to his wound.

A 22-year-old man, Cory Burnette Jr. of Fosston, was arrested at the scene and booked on probable cause for second-degree assault and discharge of a firearm, but was later released. The Polk County Attorney’s Office said any charging decision would await the completed investigation and the final autopsy. Investigators do not believe there is an ongoing threat to the public, and the Fosston Police Department is being assisted by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office and the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.

The motive has not been disclosed and the investigation remains active pending the coroner’s report. If anyone has information about Alvarez or the events at the Mark Avenue apartment on June 8, please come forward.