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Jon Collins
Minneapolis

Family: Minneapolis shooting victim was young mother

Balloons fly in memory of Coshay'e Brown.
Balloons fly across the street from the North Community Missionary Baptist Church in memory of Coshay'e Brown.
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Updated: 5:20 p.m. | Posted: 3:17 p.m.

Heart-shaped balloons flutter on the block where police found a young woman fatally shot in north Minneapolis Monday night.

Officers responded to reports of a shooting on the 1800 block of Penn Avenue North shortly after 11 p.m. They found 19-year-old Coshay'e Brown shot inside a car. She died at Hennepin County Medical Center early Tuesday morning.

Coshaye Brown, 19, with her daughter Jae'Marie.
Coshay'e Brown, 19, with her daughter Jae'Marie.
Courtesy of Lakeshia King

The Hennepin County Medical Examiner said Wednesday Brown died of a gunshot wound to the chest. Authorities are investigating the woman's death as a homicide.

Brown has a daughter who is less than a year old, her sister Lakeshia King said. King described Brown as "loving and caring."

"She's all about family," King said. "And when she had her baby, she was a wonderful mom."

King said Brown grew up in Minneapolis but often visited Chicago, where much of their family lives.

"Growing up with her, she got on my nerves," King said. "She always would tell my daddy everything I did to get me in trouble. But I would do anything to get back to those days."

The family is still reeling from Brown's killing. King said she tries to sleep to forget about her sister's death, but it's there every time she wakes up.

King said no one understands how it could happen. "It just feels crazy because it's always the innocent people," King said. "It just needs to stop."

Police say other people were in the car at the time Brown was shot, but aren't releasing any more information about the case.

"What I can say is that we're really pleased with the response from the community that we got when we went out and canvassed the following day," police spokesperson John Elder said. "People have been very receptive to our efforts."

Police urge anyone with information about the shooting to text an anonymous tip to 847411, or call the Minneapolis police tipline at 612-692-8477 or CrimeStoppers at 800-222-8477.