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More officers for north Minneapolis after shootings

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Minneapolis will send more police officers to the north side, after two people were killed in the area early Thursday morning.

In one of the incidents, 68-year-old artist and activist Susan Spiller was killed in her home. Police say she was murdered.

From MPR News reporter Brandt Williams:

Police say the two cases are part of a larger surge of violence in the city this summer, particularly in north Minneapolis.

So far 111 people in Minneapolis have been wounded by gunfire in 2015, a 6-percent increase over the same period last year, Assistant Police Chief Kris Arneson said.