Christopher Stephano Bennett, a 32-year-old Black man, was shot on a spring afternoon in Minneapolis and died three days later. The shooting happened April 18, 2023, on the 1800 block of Nicollet Avenue in the Stevens Square neighborhood. Police found Bennett unconscious in the street with a life-threatening gunshot wound to the head; he was taken to Hennepin Healthcare and died April 21, 2023. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled the manner of death homicide, with the cause listed as a gunshot wound to the head.

Minneapolis police later identified a 14-year-old boy as a suspect. On April 27 the teenager was charged by warrant with third-degree murder and three counts of second-degree assault; he was arrested in May and taken to the Juvenile Detention Center in Minneapolis. No juvenile records are available because of his age.

If anyone witnessed the shooting on Nicollet Avenue or has information about that afternoon, please come forward.