A 16-year-old girl died and five others were injured after a driver plowed into a downtown Minneapolis crowd shortly after midnight Saturday.

Police arrested a 22-year-old woman, who they say drove into the crowd then fled downtown. She’s being held in jail pending possible criminal charges.

“There aren’t words to describe how tragic and senseless it is to lose a 16-year-old female over something like this,” said Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara. “There were at least a dozen people in the immediate path of the vehicle as the suspect drove through the crowd.”

A fight between teenagers and young adults precipitated the incident, O’Hara said.

Preliminary information indicates that the driver of the vehicle left the altercation to take the wheel of an SUV, drive in reverse on Hennepin Avenue, then drive the wrong way on Fifth Street North before running into a large group of people. Although the investigation is ongoing, O’Hara said video footage led him to believe “this was clearly not random.”

“We have a number of leads that we are working through, as well as a number of surveillance and cell phone video evidence that we think there could be more arrests,” O’Hara said. “There was a fight before this where it does appear that at least one female was injured significantly, prior to being run over.”

All victims were transported to the Hennepin Healthcare Hospital, including the 16-year-old girl who died there. Two 14-year-old girls and two men in their twenties were among those injured and are expected to survive. A 29-year-old woman remains in critical condition.

The family of a 16-year-old Fridley girl killed in a hit-and-run in downtown Minneapolis early Saturday morning identified her as De’Miaya Broome.

“They took my baby away from me,” said Andrea Mitchell-Broome, her mother. “She loved people, she loved animals, she loved disabled people, she loved the people that stand on the corner. Anyone that was helpless – she wanted to help them.”

Broome, a student at MNIC High School in Minneapolis, aspired to become a nurse, her mother said. She also enjoyed drawing and painting, especially cartoon characters.

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Someone captured the incident on video and posted it online, which upset the already grief-stricken family.

“It’s all on the media how they ran over her, and how they killed my grandbaby and then recorded it, even the friends she was with,” said Larenda Faulkner, her grandmother.

De’Miaya’s father, Juan Broome, wanted everyone to remember a few things about his daughter.

“She came from somewhere,” he said. “She wasn’t a throwaway. She had a mother and a father.”

Broome’s mother said she doesn’t know why her daughter was downtown. She told her mother she was at a friend’s house.

What happened? 

Officers responded to a reported hit-and-run crash at the intersection of 5th Street North and Hennepin Avenue at about 12:23 a.m. Saturday that left one person dead and several others injured.

Broome died from her injuries sustained in the crash after she was taken to the hospital. 

A 22-year-old woman was accused of driving into the crowd, and was arrested. 

Five others were also injured in the crash, including two 14-year-old girls, a 24-year-old man, and a 28-year-old man, all of whom suffered non-life-threatening injuries. A 29-year-old woman remains in critical condition in the hospital.

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – A 22-year-old woman has been arrested following a deadly hit-and-run crash early Saturday morning in downtown Minneapolis. The incident, which occurred near 5th Street North and Hennepin Avenue, left one teenager dead and several others injured.

The crash claimed the life of a 16-year-old girl, who died at the hospital from injuries sustained in the collision. Five others were also injured, including two 14-year-old girls, a 24-year-old man, and a 28-year-old man, all of whom suffered non-life-threatening injuries. A 29-year-old woman remains in critical condition in the hospital. 

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Neighbors near 5th Street North and Hennepin Avenue have a variety of reactions after waking up to the tragic news Saturday morning. 

“There’s the saying that nothing good happens after midnight in the core of most downtowns, and it’s just good common sense,” said Daniel Stensgeanrd of Daniel’s Custom Clothing, a tailor at the intersection of the incident. 

According to police, the suspect was involved in a fight before getting into a vehicle, reversing and driving the wrong way down 5th Street, striking a crowd of people near the sidewalk. 

“It’s shocking that something like that could happen overnight when we live in this neighborhood, we work in the neighborhood, and it’s a tragedy to know that someone lost their life right here just last night,” said Alysha Haugen. 

After fleeing the scene, the suspect was later arrested on Bryant Avenue North and was booked into the Hennepin County Jail. 

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara says the situation could have been deadlier, noting that multiple videos from the scene showed at least a dozen people in the path of the car. He also mentioned that one woman had already been seriously injured before the hit-and-run occurred.

“The video of the incident is absolutely horrific,” O’Hara said in a press conference. “There aren’t words to describe how tragic and senseless it is to lose a 16-year-old female over something like this.”