Cody Pollard, a 27-year-old Black man, was shot and killed on Father’s Day, June 21, 2020, in downtown Minneapolis near 7th Street North and 1st Avenue North. Early reports mistakenly tied his death to a mass shooting in the city’s Uptown neighborhood that injured 11 people, but police later clarified Pollard’s shooting was a separate incident. He arrived at Hennepin County Medical Center unconscious and in critical condition and was later pronounced deceased.

Pollard was a local barber known for the hashtag CutsByCody. He was engaged and a father of a young son and daughter. He grew up in St. Paul, graduated from a military school in Virginia, and returned to barbering, including offering free haircuts to those in need.

If anyone knew Cody or has information about that night downtown, please come forward to investigators.