Nicholas Enger Murder 5 June 2021

Nicholas Enger 17, from Cambridge MN was hit by a stray bullet and killed while he stopped and watch a street takeover in south Minneapolis near East Lake Street, under the bridge that goes over Hiawatha Ave.
The shooting happened at about 1:45 am where cars were driving recklessly and spinning around when two people got into a fight and started shooting each other and a stray bullet struck Nicholas.

Here is the news release from MPD:

News Release
MPD Responds to Two Homicides Overnight
June 5, 2021 (MINNEAPOLIS) During the early morning hours of Sunday morning, Minneapolis Police responded to a report of two shootings that ended up in the death of the victims.

At 1:37 am, Minneapolis Police were notified that a gunshot wound victim had shown up at North Memorial Medical Center. Officers responded to the hospital to speak to the victim. Upon arrival, they were advised that the adult female victim had succumbed to her injuries.

Preliminary investigation lead homicide detectives to the 2200 block of N 2nd Street. At that location they located a scene. The scene was processed, and evidence was collected. [Vanessa Jensen shooting coming up]

At 1:48 am, Minneapolis Police responded to the area of East Lake Street under the bridge that goes over Hiawatha on a report of a person shot. Officers arrived and located an adult male suffering from a gunshot wound.

Officers performed CPR and wound management until his care was turned over to paramedics. He was transported to Hennepin County Medical Center in grave condition by paramedics. Officers learned that the victim died a short time after arriving at the hospital.

Homicide investigators arrived at the scene and assisted patrol officers in the speaking with people. Detectives learned that a group of people in cars took over the portion of the East Lake Street where Hiawatha passes over it. The people in the cars were driving recklessly and spinning around in their cars causing damage to the roadway when two of the individuals got into a dispute. The two began to shoot at one another. A stray bullet struck an adult male who had pulled over to watch these vehicles. The victim was outside of his car when he was struck by the bullet.

Crime Lab personnel responded to document the scene and collect evidence.

The Medical Examiner will provide the identity of the victims along with the nature and cause of death in each of these cases.

The GO number associated with the case on North 2nd Street is 21-121535. The GO number assigned to the case on East Lake Street is 21-121548.

Anyone with information in either case is encouraged to call CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). Tips may be submitted electronically at CrimeStoppersMN. All Tips are anonymous and persons providing information leading to an arrest and conviction may be eligible for a financial reward.
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I’ve never personally seen a street takeover but have watched many videos on them.  Here is a video on how the street takeovers go down:

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