Man shot by Minneapolis police identified

Published 8:18 pm Monday, November 12, 2018

MINNEAPOLIS — The Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the man fatally shot by Minneapolis police Friday.

Thirty-six-year-old Travis Matthew Jordan died of multiple gunshot wounds.

Minneapolis police were called Friday afternoon on a report of a suicidal man. Police spokesman John Elder said the armed man, now identified as Jordan, came outside the home and was shot by an officer.

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Elder said the man died at North Memorial Medical Center in Robbinsdale. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is investigating.