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Stimulus check update: Direct payment worth $500 to be sent to Minneapolis residents in five days

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12 months ago

May 15, 2023

Stimulus check update: Direct payment worth $500 to be sent to Minneapolis residents in five days

A guaranteed income program in Minneapolis will send its next payment to recipients in five days.

The payment is a part of the Minneapolis Guaranteed Basic Income Pilot, which began in June 2022 and is expected to continue paying recipients monthly cash payments through June 2024. A total of 200 households were selected to receive payments from this program, and they can spend the $500 payments in whatever way suits them best, according to the city’s website.

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To have been eligible for this program, an applicant had to be 18 years old by Jan. 1, 2022, have an annual income at or below 50% of the area median income for Minneapolis, and live in one of several zip codes specified by the program. Additionally, applicants had to have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Qualifying instances included losing a job, having higher health expenses, or losing access to child care.

The project manager for this guaranteed income program told the Washington Examiner that payments for this program are processed on the 20th of every month, and all participants receive $500 every month. The program is being evaluated by the Minneapolis Federal Reserve, according to the project manager.

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Regarding demographics of this program, recipients are mostly either black, indigenous, or people of color at 80.5%. The other recipients, at 19.5%, are either white or non-Hispanic. Additionally, 69% of the program’s recipients are women, and 42.5% of all recipients are between 30 and 39.

About a third of households receiving money from this program have just one person in their household.

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South Minneapolis shootout leaves 1 dead, 1 injured

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3 hours ago

May 5, 2024

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One man is dead and another is injured after an overnight shootout in south Minneapolis, police said.

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Man charged in 2013 fatal shooting at Minneapolis gas station upon return to U.S.

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10 hours ago

May 5, 2024

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Man charged in 2013 fatal shooting at Minneapolis gas station upon return to U.S.

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MINNEAPOLIS — A man who allegedly fled the country after fatally shooting a man in October of 2013 now faces charges.

The shooting happened shortly before midnight on Oct. 30, 2013, at a gas station at the intersection of Washington Avenue South and 12th Avenue South.

The 26-year-old victim was found in the driver’s seat of a car with multiple gunshot wounds to the head. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Nearby, officers found a torn piece of cloth that appeared to be from a letterman-style jacket, charges say.

Documents say that the victim had been on the phone with a woman eight minutes before the shooting. The woman told officers that she had driven to the gas station with her friend and another man in order to buy weed from the victim. She was arrested and made several calls from jail allegedly indicating that she was covering for the shooter, charges state.

Surveillance video from the scene showed 30-year-old Suleiman Ali getting out of the woman’s car and going into the gas station before the shooting. He was wearing a letterman-style jacket, documents state.

When police were investigating the case in 2013, they learned that Ali had fled the state, likely to Somalia.

The case stayed cold until mid-2022, when another woman called police saying that on the day of the shooting, Ali had called her and asked for money to help him leave the country. Ali allegedly admitted to shooting the victim.

In March of 2024, investigators learned Ali was back in the United States, but living outside of Minnesota. Investigators obtained a search warrant for his DNA, and had his out-of-state probation officer execute it.

Ali is currently in custody at the Hennepin County Jail. He is charged with second-degree murder.

WCCO Staff