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Stone Arch Bridge shooting victim was struck by stray bullet leaving a wedding party
Published June 27, 2022 5:13PM
Stone Arch Bridge shooting victim was struck by stray bullet leaving a wedding party
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - The man seriously hurt in a shooting near the Stone Arch Bridge in Minneapolis was an innocent bystander who was shot in the head by a stray bullet outside a wedding celebration, a distance from a rowdy gathering down the street, his family says in a statement.
According to the family, 34-year-old Tyler King was in Minneapolis, where he grew up, on vacation from Nashville when he was shot. He was in town to visit family and attend his sister's wedding.
Saturday night, friends and family got together to celebrate the marriage. The family says at one point in the evening, King and his brother-in-law left the residence to walk a woman to her car, to ensure she got home safe. The family says the block they were on was quiet, but a few blocks away they noticed a large gathering.
As they were walking, police say the group heard around 30 gunshots ring out, with one striking King in the head.
Minneapolis police say shots were fired around 11 p.m. during a large "unofficial" gathering near Main Street SE and Sixth Avenue SE. Police say a crowd of people and vehicles had pulled up in the area prior to shots being fired. King's family has raised issue with how police described the shooting as happening at a large gathering when he was struck a distance away.
Along with King, police say a 17-year-old girl, an 18-year-old woman, and a 19-year-old man were injured in the shooting. Police say those teens were either in the gathering or near the gathering when shots were fired.
The family says King is starting his long road to recovery while they are praying for a miracle recovery. A GoFundMe has been created to help the family pay the costs of his treatment.
 
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According to the family, 34-year-old Tyler King was in Minneapolis, where he grew up, on vacation from Nashville when he was shot. He was in town to visit family and attend his sister's wedding.
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Tyler King was struck by a stray bullet while leaving a family gathering in Minneapolis. (FOX 9)
 

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July 12, 2022​

Journal Entry by Sam Strachan — July 13, 2022
Since the beginning the doctors have said there is nothing medically they could do for Tyler and
it would be a day by day, wait and see how Tyler’s body will respond to the many intricate
traumas he experienced. Hope was not a large part of the conversation. The lead Dr. on Tyler’s
care team told Abby, early on, that if he and his wife were in this situation, they would do only
comfort care. They would not fight for something that would not result in a good quality of life.
Abby knew Tyler’s future is in in God’s hands. The Lord would be making the decisions, it was
not her decision to make and she would fight like hell for Tyler, just as he would for her! Faith is
believing in what is unseen and being certain of God’s promises even in the face of uncertainty.
The prayers of God’s army are being heard! Tyler is proving that science is important, but God is
the great physician. Although Tyler is still facing a long road and there is a continued urgent
need for unceasing and intercessory prayer, during the waiting and quiet GOD IS MOVING!
 
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New policies made MPD even more understaffed during Stone Arch Bridge shooting

Four people were shot in Minneapolis late Saturday evening, one of whom remains in critical condition.
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New policies made MPD even more understaffed during Stone Arch Bridge shooting​


The number of available officers was "super short" at the time of the incident. An innocent bystander remains in critical condition in connection to the shooting.

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Evan Stambaugh
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June 28, 2022


Tyler King, an innocent bystander who remains in critical condition after the shooting. (GoFundMe)


Four people were shot in Minneapolis late Saturday evening, one of whom remains in critical condition.
Police responded to calls of shots fired at the intersection of Main St. and 6th Ave. SE near the Stone Arch Bridge around 11:00 p.m. on June 25. A large crowd of people had gathered at the intersection to allegedly watch “street racers” do burnouts with their vehicles.

The shots are said to have been fired from a white Dodger Charger following an unspecified “argument.” Investigators found rifle and pistol caliber rounds at the scene, but no arrests have yet been made.
At the scene officers found four individuals — of unknown relation to one another — with apparent gunshot wounds. As they tended to the victims and called for ambulances, “multiple fights” broke out among the crowd.

One officer told Alpha News that the Minneapolis Police Department implemented a new overtime policy on May 22. Officers now cannot work six days in a row without one day off in between and at least eight hours separating each shift.
Along with an already understaffed department, that meant the number of available officers was “super short” at the time of the incident.
“There was a little bit of frustration we ran into this weekend, to put it mildly,” he said.

“The problem we ran into this weekend is obviously we had the Pride festival going on, we had a huge influx of people,” he continued. “We have so few cops left and now we’re limited on the number of hours we can work. You’ve got a lot of cops who normally would’ve signed up for these shifts to help out.”
The officer explained that “everything was just super short,” saying the weekend shooting highlighted some of the issues with the new policy.
“It’s heartbreaking,” he said. “It just seems like there’s no place in the city now that’s untouched by all of this.”
According to witnesses, per Crime Watch, three black males “exchange[d] a weapon at 6th and Main after the shots were fired. One was in a bright pink hoodie. One was in gray, one in a
long sleeve blue shirt. One ran toward 35W east on Main.”

The four victims included 17- and 18-year-old females, a 19-year-old male, and a male in his 30s. The teenage victims were each transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening gunshot wounds, but the other victim, Tyler King, was transported to the hospital with a potentially life-threatening gunshot wound to the head.

Crime Watch confirmed that King was an innocent bystander, not a member of the large gathering, meaning he was an “unintended target.”
“He was present at the site, possibly sightseeing with others, on the way to a wedding at another location,” Crime Watch reported.
King’s friends and family have created a GoFundMe page to raise $75,000 for his medical and living expenses. King is married with two children.

“Since the shooting, Tyler has suffered a stroke, a brain bleed and swelling,” the fundraiser description says. “He is currently sedated and being monitored round-the-clock by a nationally recognized medical team dedicated to emergency trauma care. The way Tyler’s body responds in the next 24-48 hours will be critical in determining his long term prognosis.”
“Since he is still in critical condition, we have yet to fully understand what the financial impact all of this will mean for him, his wife and two children, Bennett and Knox. In addition to the extensive medical bills this will incur, Tyler and Abby will be remaining in Minnesota to be close with family for a while, with Tyler unable to work. Like many of us, his family relies on steady income,” the description adds.
Two teenagers were killed by stray bullets in separate incidents last summer while watching street “takeover” events.
 
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