Minneapolis teen charged with shooting 3

Published 9:36 am Friday, July 18, 2014

MINNEAPOLIS — Police have charged a 19-year-old with attempted murder for seriously injuring three women in a north Minneapolis shooting.

The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office said Delonte Ahshone Thomas of Minneapolis has been arrested in connection with the July 9 shooting in which three women were shot 25 times. All three women survived.

Thomas faces three counts of attempted second-degree murder and three counts of first-degree assault.

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Thomas is being held in the Hennepin County jail. Online jail records did not indicate an attorney.

The shooting occurred a day after Minneapolis Police Chief Janee Harteau and Mayor Betsy Hodges visited several neighborhoods hit hard by recent violence.