St. Louis Park shooting: What happened near Highway 100 in Minnesota? Here’s what we know

Southbound Highway 100 was shut down between Highway 7 and Excelsior Boulevard after a shooting in St. Louis Park. A shooting investigation in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, forced authorities to close a stretch of southbound Highway 100 on Wednesday, Fox News reported. Officials have not yet released details about the incident.Southbound Highway 100 was shut down between Highway 7 and Excelsior Boulevard after a shooting in St. Louis Park. (Representative) (Unsplash)According to social media reports, a car was shot at 6 times around 6 pm on the highway. However, officials have not confirmed the same as of yet. The Minnesota State Patrol confirmed that the St. Louis Park Police Department is leading the investigationShirin Gupta is a content producer with the Hindustan Times. She covers everything between politics, entertainment and sports at the US desk. Shirin got interested in political journalism during her time as a web editor at her college newspaper NCC News in Syracuse when she first started seeing the effects of national politics in life of her fellow colleagues. Shirin has worked on a wide range of fast-moving and developing stories locally when she was at NCC editing accessible reports for the audience. Her current role requires her to track real-time updates, verify information and present balanced coverage across diverse beats. Covering US politics from an international newsroom perspective has further deepened her understanding of how domestic decisions can have far-reaching global consequences. With a keen interest in international affairs, Shirin continues to build her expertise in geopolitics, policy shifts, and cross-border developments. She aims to learn and evolve her reporting in matters of geopolitics and international issues. Outside the newsroom Shirin writes about books and music for her personal blog. She is an avid consumer of pop culture and reveres literature.Read More