On the early morning of September 21, 2024, 20-year-old Benjamin Hezekiah Haggray was fatally shot near the intersection of North 5th Street and Hennepin Avenue in downtown Minneapolis. Multiple fights broke out as bars were closing and police were on scene as part of a late-night safety plan when gunfire erupted. Haggray, who had recently moved from Georgia and graduated high school in 2022, was an innocent bystander on a date.

He was struck by a gunshot to the abdomen, taken to Hennepin Healthcare, and died there. Another man, 21-year-old Lunden Marcel Woodberry, was also killed; three other people sustained non-life-threatening injuries. Police recovered a handgun at the scene and arrested a 25-year-old on suspicion of inciting a riot; that person was later released without charges.

What information can anyone share about Benjamin’s last night downtown or witnesses to the shooting?