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   From: lying.exaggerating.sack.of.shit@tim.walz   
      
   The Brief   
   A man has been charged in three shootings that took place near a Minneapolis   
   homeless encampment in 24 hours.   
   The shootings killed two men and injured two others.   
   The man responsible for shootings is currently in custody.   
   MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - The man already charged in two Minneapolis homeless   
   encampment shootings, is now charged in the third shooting from the same day   
   that killed one man, and injured another.   
      
   On Sept. 18, three shootings near Minneapolis homeless encampments left two   
   men dead and another two injured. Authorities said the shooting happened   
   within a 24-hour period and had similar characteristics.   
      
   Jones shot five different people, in three different locations on Sept. 18.   
      
   New charges   
   The Hennepin County Attorney's Office (HCAO) announced that Joshua Anthony   
   Jones has now been charged with one count of second-degree murder, two counts   
   of attempted second-degree murder, and one count of illegal firearm possession   
   in the third shooting    
   that took place in the early morning on Sept. 18.   
      
   The new charges stem from the first shooting in the morning. He shot at three   
   people, killing a man, injuring another person, but missed the third.   
      
   According to court documents, around 4:40 a.m. on Sept. 18, officers responded   
   to reports saying someone fire a gun four times and shot two people in an   
   alley on 17th Avenue South in Minneapolis.   
      
   At the scene, officers found two men each with a single gunshot wound to the   
   head. One of the men died at the scene, and the other was taken to the   
   hospital, the charges say. The third victim wasn't hit by gunfire, but was   
   targeted by it.   
      
   The injured victim identified the shooter as "Josh Jones" and stated he drove   
   a red four-door Jeep, which was also seen at one of the other shootings that   
   took place that day.   
      
   The third, uninjured victim, said that he knew the other two victims and   
   Jones. He said that he has seen Jones at least four times before, court   
   documents say. The victim said that he was in the alley when Jones shot the   
   first two victims, and said that    
   there was no argument or fight that led up to the shootings.   
      
   The third victim went on to say that Jones started shooting, and saw as Jones   
   turned to shoot directly at him.   
      
   The injured victim told investigators from the hospital that Jones had started   
   a conversation with him and the victim who was ultimately killed in the alley.   
   At some point during the conversation, Jones gave the injured victim a   
   cigarette. The victim    
   turned around to hand it to the other man, and as the victim turned, Jones   
   shot him in the back of the head, wounding him at the base of his skull.   
      
   Jones then shot the first victim in the head, causing him to fall next to the   
   second victim, court documents say. The second victim told investigators that   
   Jones didn't say anything before or after shooting him, and it "like he had   
   done this before," and    
   he had no remorse.   
      
   According to court documents, Jones is a member of the Native Mob, a criminal   
   street active in south Minneapolis and other areas of Minnesota.   
      
   Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty says it does not appear that Jones was   
   targeting the homeless community, rather that he targeted the people he shot.   
      
   In total, Jones is facing two counts of second-degree murder, three counts of   
   attempted second-degree murder, and three counts of illegal firearm possession.   
      
   Background   
      
   https://www.fox9.com/news/charges-minneapolis-encampment-shooting-sept-30   
      
   At around 4:20 p.m., authorities responded to the 2500 block of Bloomington   
   Avenue and found a man lying in an alley with a gunshot wound to the head. He   
   was pronounced dead at the scene. Hours later, police responded to a shooting   
   near the intersection    
   of 24th Street and 18th Avenue South and found a man who had been shot in his   
   right shoulder. He was taken to the hospital, and police said he was expected   
   to survive his injuries.   
      
      
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