Minneapolis, MN
Mother of 21-year-old man killed in downtown Minneapolis bar shooting seeks answers
Police in Minneapolis are still searching for at least one suspect in the shooting that killed a man and injured three other people inside a bar on Tuesday night.
Ericka Wheeler, the mother of the man killed, is also searching for answers. She shared her grief and a call to action with WCCO.
“He always had that smile,” Ericka Wheeler said of her son, 21-year-old DaMarco Fletcher, Jr., who died in the shooting.
She said Fletcher had a personality.
“Vibrant smile, lights up a room. He’s been having a big smile all of his life,” she said.
According to Wheeler, Fletcher fought from day one to prove he deserved all that life had to give.
“He beat odds. He was a preemie. He came in the world fighting. He was my everything,” she said.
Fletcher was a 2022 graduate of Armstrong High School. He excelled academically and athletically.
“When I say he was a natural talent, that’s wrestling, basketball and football,” Wheeler said.
Fletcher was focused on helping others.
“He was a PCA worker. He worked for the state doing PCA, and he did respite care,” Wheeler said.
She added that her son was also studying to get his real estate license.
“I’m just broken,” Wheeler said.
Fletcher was shot multiple times inside the bar. He died at the scene.
“I need the establishment to be held accountable, as well as the person who took my son’s life,” Wheeler said. “They should have had more security, better security, and they should have did a better job.”
She wants to know how a gun got inside the club and the person who pulled the trigger, to do the right thing.
“I want the person who did this to turn themselves in,” Wheeler said.
Gloria Brown, Fletcher’s aunt, said he tried “so hard” not to be a statistic.
“If you said he couldn’t do it, he was going to push himself until he did it,” Brown said.
She added that Fletcher was one of a kind and set the standard for all his friends.
“He didn’t live with limitations because he always believed that he could do well. He believed he could set goals and he could achieve them, and he did just,” Brown said.
Wheeler said detectives told her that her son was not the aggressor or instigator. She hopes those who know the shooter will encourage him to turn himself in so they can begin to heal.
MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis is ranked among the American cities with the most people in financial distress nationwide, according to a recent analysis by WalletHub.
The personal finance website, which defines financial distress as having a credit account in forbearance or with deferred payments, looked at the country’s 100 largest cities without data limitations across nine metrics, including average credit score, change in bankruptcy filings year-over-year, and share of people with accounts in distress.
Minneapolis came in 44th on the list, between Stockton, California, at 43rd and Fresno, California, at 45th, according to the ranking.
Nationwide, the cities with the most people in financial distress were Chicago at No. 1, Houston at No. 2 and Las Vegas at No. 3, the ranking said.
“Getting out of the downward spiral of financial distress is no easy feat,” according to WalletHub analyst Chip Lupo.
“You may get temporary relief from your lenders by not having to make payments, but all the while interest will keep building up, making the debt even harder to pay off. People who find themselves in financial distress should budget carefully, cut non-essential expenses, and pursue strategies like debt consolidation or debt management to get their situation under control.”
Read more from WalletHub.
Minneapolis, MN
Whitefish council creates proclamation in solidarity with city, citizens of Minneapolis
WHITEFISH, Mont. — The Whitefish City Council in February presented and signed a proclamation expressing solidarity with the city and citizens of Minneapolis.
The proclamation states that Whitefish mourns the loss of life that occurred in Minneapolis and stands in solidarity with its residents.
It reaffirms the city’s commitment to equal treatment under the law and emphasizes that peaceful protest is a fundamental American right.
The proclamation was supported by five of the six council members.
Mayor John Muhlfeld said the action was meant to reaffirm the city’s values.
“A mayoral proclamation that is supported by five of six City Council members supporting solidarity with the city and citizens of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and reaffirming our supportive, just, equal and welcoming community,” Muhlfeld said. “I think this is somewhat overdue. Our town’s been through a lot over the years, This is more importantly to reaffirm our values as a council with our community because we care deeply about you.”
Over the last year, Whitefish has faced criticism amid rising tensions surrounding the Department of Homeland Security.
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