Maurice Sykes Speltz, 38, was shot and killed in Minneapolis’s Phillips neighborhood on the evening of October 1, 2020. Officers responding to a ShotSpotter activation and reports of a gunshot found him lying in the roadway at 26th Street East and Bloomington Avenue; he had no pulse. CPR was performed on scene and he was taken to Hennepin Healthcare, where he was pronounced dead at 10:29 PM. The cause of death was a gunshot wound to the torso and the manner of death was ruled a homicide.

The Minneapolis Police Department opened an investigation as the city’s 63rd homicide of 2020 and asked the public for tips. In the days after the shooting no arrests had been announced and no suspects were publicly identified. If anyone has information that could help identify who was responsible for Maurice Sykes Speltz’s death, please come forward.