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If you shoot someone, you'll probably get away with it (Minneapolis)
https://minnesotareformer.com/2021/10/25/if-you-shoot-someone-youll-probably-get-away-with-it/About 78% of the 879 shootings in Minneapolis between 2018 and 2020 haven’t resulted in any arrests or charges, according to a Reformer analysis of police department records. And just because there’s an arrest or charge in a case, doesn’t mean it’s solved.
When victims survive, like Tyson, the odds police will catch the shooter are even lower — and falling as gun violence surged and the police force shrank since the murder of George Floyd in May 2020. A suspect was arrested or charged in just over 15% of nonfatal shootings in Minneapolis last year, compared to 25% in 2018.
The Minneapolis Police Department declined to make anyone available to answer questions about the department’s record on investigating shootings.
Criminologists say Minneapolis’ clearance rate — the percentage of crimes an agency solves — is typical for a large city. Detectives investigating nonfatal shootings are often impeded by limited resources, overwhelming caseloads, and victims and witnesses who won’t work with police because of mistrust or fear of retaliation.
When victims survive, like Tyson, the odds police will catch the shooter are even lower — and falling as gun violence surged and the police force shrank since the murder of George Floyd in May 2020. A suspect was arrested or charged in just over 15% of nonfatal shootings in Minneapolis last year, compared to 25% in 2018.
The Minneapolis Police Department declined to make anyone available to answer questions about the department’s record on investigating shootings.
Criminologists say Minneapolis’ clearance rate — the percentage of crimes an agency solves — is typical for a large city. Detectives investigating nonfatal shootings are often impeded by limited resources, overwhelming caseloads, and victims and witnesses who won’t work with police because of mistrust or fear of retaliation.