Authorities on Sunday identified a man who was fatally shot Friday night in north Minneapolis.
First Minneapolis homicide victim of 2025 identified
Bobby Glenn Hawkins, 21, died around 9:30 p.m. Friday after being shot multiple times.
The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 6, 2025 at 3:31AM
Bobby Glenn Hawkins, 21, of Brooklyn Center was found wounded when Minneapolis officers responded to a ShotSpotter report of gunfire around 6:20 p.m. in the 3200 block of Fremont Avenue N. Hawkins was taken to North Memorial Health Hospital, where he died a couple of hours later.
According to the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office, Hawkins died from multiple gunshot wounds. Hawkins’ death is the first homicide of the year in Minneapolis.
“Our investigators will work tirelessly to try and find answers about what happened to this man for his family,” Police Chief Brian O’Hara said in an earlier release.
No other updates have been announced.
As part of the “land back” movement, the state wants to transfer the 1.2-acre strip along Hwy. 55 in Minneapolis that has been the frequent site of homeless encampments.
