In a 24-hour span, nine people have been shot in Minneapolis, resulting in five fatalities, police say. The outburst of deadly violence began late Tuesday night when five people were shot near an alley off East 25th Street and Bloomington Avenue in the Midtown Phillips area.

MINNEAPOLIS (KFGO/WCCO) – Victims of a deadly Tuesday night shooting in south Minneapolis were likely targeted according to Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara.