Derek Angelo Burgess, 35, of Minneapolis, was fatally shot on June 1, 2024, in the 3500 block of Penn Avenue North. Officers who responded that night found Burgess with life-threatening injuries; he was taken to North Memorial Health Hospital in Robbinsdale and pronounced dead shortly before 7:30 p.m. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner identified him on June 17, 2024, ruling the death a homicide from multiple gunshot wounds.

That night was already marked by violence in north Minneapolis: Burgess’s death was the second homicide in the area that day, following an earlier fatal shooting between James and Knox avenues on 34th Avenue North. As of June 18, 2024, no arrests had been announced and the Minneapolis Police Department said the investigation remained active. Burgess was born February 21, 1989, and his name was added to the National Gun Violence Memorial.

If anyone has information about the shooting on Penn Avenue North or saw anything that night, please share what is known with investigators.