On Thursday afternoon, February 29, 2024, gunfire tore through a North Minneapolis neighborhood. Dwight William Alexander, a 22-year-old Black/African American man from New Brighton, was sitting in a parked car in the 3900 block of Sheridan Avenue North when he was struck by multiple bullets. Neighbors reported a sequence of shots, a pause, then more gunfire; an SUV was seen speeding away immediately afterward. Bystanders pulled Alexander from the vehicle and performed CPR until police and medics arrived around 4:30 p.m., but he was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Hennepin County Medical Examiner ruled the cause of death multiple gunshot wounds and classified it a homicide. Investigators recovered multiple shell casings and a firearm with an extended magazine in Alexander’s lap. His mother, Natashia Daniels, has publicly pleaded for information; no arrests have been announced and the Minneapolis Police Department’s investigation is ongoing.

Anyone who knew Dwight or has information is asked to contact CrimeStoppers anonymously.