Suspect identified in western Minnesota shootings Tuesday night
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(ABC 6 News) — A suspect has been identified following a deadly crime spree Tuesday night that began in Minneapolis and ended with a deadly shooting in western Minnesota.
It all started after Minneapolis police responded to reports of someone firing a gun from an apartment balcony on Lyndale Avenue South in the Uptown neighborhood Tuesday evening. No one was hurt.
That is when the suspect took off in a car heading towards Willmar. The Kandiyohi County Sheriff’s Office says 25-year-old Ameer Matariyeh is in custody and is suspected of killing a 55-year-old New London man and hurting a 25-year-old from Lake Lillian.