Duluth police on Tuesday afternoon arrested a juvenile male in connection with the shooting of two employees of a Lincoln Park gas station Monday night.
The arrest was made in the Lincoln Park neighborhood.
No other information about the arrest was released. Police Chief Tim Hanson is expected to provide more information during a news conference this morning.
Daniel Lee Warner, 22, and Christopher Steven Davis, 24, both of Duluth, were each shot three times with a small-caliber handgun about 9 p.m. Monday while working at the Interstate Spur gas station at 27th Avenue West and Michigan Street. Both men are employees of the station, police said.
Warner was listed in fair condition at St. Luke'shospital. No medical information on Davis was available Tuesday.
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Police said they had no information that the victims resisted or fought the robber and believe the shooting to be unprovoked.
"They were simply fired on," Hanson said.
The suspect fled with cash taken during the robbery. Witnesses said he ran north on 27th Avenue West. Police said it wasn't known whether the shooter was acting alone.
Police officers and Minnesota State Patrol troopers searched for the suspect all night Monday with officers and canines on foot and in vehicles.
Monday was a busy night for Duluth police. A strong-arm robbery was reported in front of Mr. D's Bar, 5622 Grand Ave., about 9:15 p.m. A woman reported that she had been forced to the ground by a white man, 40-50 years old,6 feet tall and weighing about 200 pounds. She was robbed of cash and her coat.
Just before midnight, officers responded to the Fitger's Brewery Complex, 600 E. Superior St., to the report of another armed robbery. A man said he had been inside a restroom in the complex when he was approached by a man with a knife and robbed of cash. A second suspect was involved in the robbery, police said.
Anyone who has information about any of the crimes is asked to contact the Duluth police Violent Crimes Unit at 730-5050.
