Two families are in mourning due to a dangerous problem that's growing in Minneapolis.
Nicholas Enger, 17 and Vanessa Jensen, 19, were shot and killed just minutes apart early Sunday morning. Stray bullets hit each of them while they were watching street racing in different areas of the city.
Over the course of three weeks in April and May, 6-year-old Aniya Allen, 9-year-old Trinity Ottoson-Smith and 10-year-old Ladavionne Garret Jr. were shot in north Minneapolis. Both Trinity and Aniya died from their injuries.
The Minneapolis Police Department is investigating all three cases, which they saw were the result of gun violence allegedly among rival gangs and the children were unintended targets, complicating efforts to get witnesses to talk or turn in those responsible. It's been nearly a decade since Marsha Mayes lost her son.
A stray bullet shot and killed Terrell Mayes, Jr., 3, while running up the stairs of his Colfax Avenue North home the day after Christmas.