James Curtis Butts, 35, was fatally shot in Minneapolis on May 17, 2015, around 2 a.m. The shooting happened in the 2100 block of 4th Street N. Officers on scene rendered aid and Butts was taken to North Memorial Medical Center in Robbinsdale, where he died; the Hennepin County medical examiner confirmed multiple gunshot wounds.

No arrests have been announced and police have not released descriptions or names of suspects. Butts was originally from Duck Hill, Mississippi, had moved to Minneapolis, and is survived by two daughters, Jasmine and Jamaia Butts, and his mother, Bettie Jean Butts.

Anyone with information about the killing is asked to contact the Minneapolis Police Department tip line.