A California single mother who was not yet done unpacking at her new home in Minneapolis when two shootings the first weekend has her looking for a new home in the crime-ridden city.
Lecretia Anderson said in one of the shootings, a stray bullet shattered her apartment’s glass door Sunday while her son was in the bathtub.
‘We both could have been hit by a situation we had nothing to do with. Literally nothing to do with innocent bystanders,’ she said, having been left with shards of glass on her.
That came after a 21-year-old man was fatally shot outside a building near her new home. It has her convinced to find a new home.
‘There’s no way I can go back. There’s no way I’d ever feel safe in that area to even go back,’ Anderson said.
A California single mother who was not yet done unpacking at her new home in Minneapolis when two shootings the first weekend has her looking for a new home in the crime-ridden city
‘It’s not as safe as I was expecting, especially as a single mother of a young son,’ she added.
Both shootings took place in Minneapolis’ Uptown neighborhood, which has received over 1,000 calls for shots fired to date in 2023.
While that’s down from the same point in 2022, assaults, sex offenses, motor vehicle thefts and vandalism are still up in the precinct, according to the city’s stats.
For Anderson, it was simply stunning to see multiple shootings within a single weekend.
‘The movers came maybe three or four days ago. Plenty of stuff in boxes on the floor, never got a chance to unpack and this happened,’ Anderson added.
‘I grabbed our suitcases that we had packed from our flights here. I’m like, ‘Let’s go,’ she said.
One of the bullets struck a sprinkler in her apartment and led to minor water damage.
A member of the community set up a Spotfund for Anderson to help them try to find a new place to live. They hope to raise $10,000.
‘The movers came maybe three or four days ago. Plenty of stuff in boxes on the floor, never got a chance to unpack and this happened,’ Lecretia Anderson said
One of the bullets struck a sprinkler in her apartment and led to minor water damage
For Anderson, it was simply stunning to see multiple shootings within a single weekend upon moving in
‘After the assessment of the apartment I was not able to salvage much,’ Anderson wrote.
‘At this point it is a total loss. We lost everything. We just moved here from California 3 weeks ago, no family, no friends, No support what so ever.’
She added the property manager had reassured her the neighborhood was safe.
Minneapolis police said Monday that it will bulk up officer presence in the area and deploy ‘specialty units’ in the neighborhood, KSTP reported.
Water restoration crews were seen outside the apartment that same day working on the sprinkler.
The 21-year-old man shot and killed Friday was identified as Vintrez Lamont Johnson.
The 21-year-old man shot and killed Friday was identified as Vintrez Lamont Johnson
Authorities said he was shot multiple times just before 9 p.m. and died later at a hospital from his injuries.
Johnson’s mother is also attempting to crowdfund relief for her son on GoFundMe and also attempting to raise $10,000.
She wants to raise the money for Johnson’s funeral. The victim has a 1-year-old daughter whom he leaves behind.
‘All he wanted to be was the best father he could be for his daughter but she will never get the chance to experience that,’ mother Cynthia writes.
‘He loved to dance, he loved rapping, making beats, and having a good time. He was always fun to be around and he was loved by his family and his community,’ she added.
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