Mankato gunfire: Lockdowns lifted; suspect at large
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Updated 2:25 p.m.
A reported shooting in a Mankato, Minn., neighborhood sent a neighboring hospital and a clinic into lockdown Friday morning.
The lockdowns were lifted by early afternoon as police searched for a suspect believed to be involved in the shooting, which happened just before 9 a.m. on the 100 block of Echo Street. Authorities said one person was treated for a non-life-threatening injury.
The victim and the suspect are known to each other and the suspect is still at large, police added. MPR News typically does not name suspects until they are charged with a crime.
The morning gunfire led to lockdowns at the nearby Mayo Clinic Health System facility and the Mankato Clinic, where patients and employees sheltered in place. Nearby, Bethany Lutheran College locked down its campus as a precaution, resuming classes at 12:30 p.m.
Just after 1 p.m. the city said the police perimeter around Echo Street had been cleared.
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