Arrest made in fatal stabbing

Published 6:16 pm Tuesday, May 28, 2019

MINNEAPOLIS — Police say they’ve made an arrest in a fatal stabbing at a bus depot in downtown Minneapolis.

Forty-two-year-old Mesheka Willis died of a stab wound to the chest about 9:30 p.m. Saturday. Police arrested a 39-year-old woman in connection with the stabbing Sunday. She was booked into the Hennepin County Jail on probable cause murder.

The stabbing happened during a busy night downtown. Fans were leaving the Minnesota Lynx basketball game at Target Center and others were lingering after the Minnesota Twins game at Target Field.

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Hennepin Avenue Safety Committee member Joe Tamburino said the city has too few police officers assigned downtown during especially busy nights.