Michael Lee Bell-McCalister, 23, a Minneapolis resident, was fatally shot on March 28, 2022. The shooting happened about 5:25 p.m. near East Franklin Avenue and South 4th Avenue. Bell-McCalister was found inside a vehicle that had crashed into the porch of an apartment building and was taken to Hennepin County Medical Center, where he died the next day. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled the cause of death a gunshot wound to the head.

About ten minutes earlier that evening, 35-year-old Timothy Treyvon Brown was also shot in the head and found in the hallway of an apartment building in the 2400 block of Elliot Avenue, roughly eight blocks southeast of the Franklin Avenue location. Brown was pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities are investigating whether the two shootings are connected.

No arrests have been announced and the Minneapolis Police Department has not released suspect descriptions or names. Anyone with information is asked to contact CrimeStoppers. Does anyone have information about either shooting or saw anything in those neighborhoods that evening?