Devan Trevon Dampier, 29, was fatally shot in Minneapolis’ Hawthorne neighborhood on the evening of April 7, 2022. Officers responded shortly after 8 p.m. to the 1100 block of 21st Avenue North after 911 calls and a ShotSpotter activation; they found Dampier with a life-threatening gunshot wound and he was taken to a local hospital, where he later died. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner ruled the death a homicide from a gunshot wound to the torso. The shooting was recorded as the city’s 20th homicide that year.

Police opened an investigation, processed the scene and appealed to the public for information. As of the initial reports, no arrests had been made. If anyone has information about what led to Devan Dampier’s shooting or saw activity in the area that evening, please come forward to investigators. Who has information that could help bring answers in this case?