A man in his late 20s was shot and "left for dead in an alley" early Wednesday morning in Minneapolis, the city's police chief said.A caller reported someone down in an alley near Lake Street East and 17th Avenue South around 1:50 a.

The surge in Minneapolis homicides continued early Wednesday, when a man was found in an alley shot to death, officials said. Officers were dispatched about 1:50 a.m. to the area of E. Lake Street and 17th Avenue S.

Minneapolis police say they found the victim shot in an alleyway shortly before 2 a.m. on Wednesday. The victim died at the hospital. It's the second straight night that Minneapolis has experienced a deadly shooting. MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - For the second straight day, an early morning shooting in Minneapolis has left a man dead.