Ernell Lamar Hooks was 41 when he was shot and killed on June 9, 2022. The shooting happened around 10 p.m. on the 1800 block of Sheridan Avenue North in north Minneapolis. Hooks, a Black / African American man from Columbia Heights, was struck by a single gunshot to his left arm and was taken to North Memorial Hospital in Robbinsdale, where he died later that night. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner ruled the death a homicide.

The Minneapolis Police Department opened an investigation, but no suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests have been announced. The circumstances that led to the shooting remain unclear to the public. Anyone with information is asked to contact CrimeStoppers.