Jorrell Jovon Coppage, a 35-year-old Black man and Brooklyn Center resident, was fatally shot on June 18, 2023, around 4 p.m. on the 5300 block of Bryant Avenue North, near the Minneapolis border. The shooting occurred on what would have been his first Father’s Day. He was taken in a private vehicle to North Memorial Health hospital but died there; the Hennepin County Medical Examiner ruled the cause of death a homicide from a gunshot wound to the chest.

Brooklyn Center Police are leading the investigation and have said they do not believe the shooting was random. As of the initial aftermath, no arrests had been announced and police had not released information about suspects. Coppage’s family organized a fundraiser to assist with funeral costs and to support his 11-month-old son.

Anyone with information about the shooting or who knew Jorrell is asked to come forward to Brooklyn Center Police.