Authorities identify 2 men shot dead in Minneapolis

MINNEAPOLIS – Authorities have identified two Minneapolis men who were found shot dead in a car in a south Minneapolis parking lot.

The men were found Sunday, in a remote corner of the parking lot on Franklin Avenue. A third man was injured.

The Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office said Thursday that 24-year-old Rastem Mohamed Abubakar died of a gunshot wound to the head. Nineteen-year-old Abdulahi Kadir Awuni died of multiple gunshot wounds.

Both deaths have been ruled a homicide. Minneapolis police are investigating.