当局称，一名男子涉嫌在明尼阿波利斯的公寓大楼开枪打死两名居民，并打伤包括警察在内的其他几人，并在监护权交换后向受害者开火。
明尼苏达州刑事逮捕局局长德鲁·埃文斯在周四的新闻发布会上说，这名携带手枪的嫌疑人已经死亡，尸检正在进行中。埃文斯说，他的死因和死亡方式尚不清楚，但调查人员认为他“死于与警察的交火中”。
埃文斯说，周三下午的枪击开始于嫌疑人的公寓楼外，当时似乎是一场有安排的监护权交换。埃文斯说，枪手据称开枪打伤了他孩子的母亲，并补充说孩子能够逃脱，没有受到身体伤害。
埃文斯说，当枪手进入公寓大楼时，他开枪打伤了两名大楼员工。
埃文斯说，嫌疑人然后乘电梯到了他的公寓所在的九楼，据称他开枪打死了两名60多岁的男子，他们也住在这栋楼里。
埃文斯说，做出反应的警察听到了枪声，并循声来到九楼，在那里他们遇到了嫌疑人，并进行了交火。
埃文斯说，嫌疑人死亡，两名警察中弹受伤，并指出第三名警察没有中弹，但也受了伤。
明尼阿波利斯警察局发言人加勒特·帕滕（Garrett Parten）周三表示，当警察到达九楼时，他们“遇到了明显限制他们能见度的薄雾”。
警方表示，四名警察“受到了这种朦胧物质的不良影响”，另外两名警察在回应枪击事件时，他们的巡逻车发生碰撞受伤。
明尼阿波利斯市市长雅各布·弗雷周四表示，烟雾可能是由一个爆炸的灭火器引起的。
明尼阿波利斯临时警察局长比尔·彼得森周三表示，动机尚不清楚。执法部门消息人士告诉ABC新闻，调查人员正在调查嫌疑人是否与这栋建筑有关，包括他是以前还是现在的租户，以及他是否受到驱逐通知。
当被问及潜在的驱逐通知时，埃文斯周四告诉记者，“这将是我们调查的一部分。”
“在九楼被枪杀的居民，他与他们中任何一个人的确切关系，以及他们是否是导致大楼正在进行的驱逐过程的一些信息的一部分，是我们将解开的东西，我现在没有细节，”埃文斯说。
埃文斯补充说，“这又是一个家庭暴力成为多人被枪杀的真正可怕情况的中心和核心的情况。以及家庭暴力在大规模伤亡事件中继续发挥的作用．．．仍然是一个问题。”
Suspect in Minneapolis apartment shooting opened fire after custody exchange， officials say
A man who allegedly shot and killed two residents and wounded several other people， including police officers， at his Minneapolis apartment building opened fire on the victims following a custody exchange， authorities said．
The suspect -- who was armed with a handgun -- is dead and an autopsy is underway， Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Superintendent Drew Evans said at a news conference Thursday． His cause and manner of death are not clear but investigators believe he ＂died in an exchange of gunfire＂ with officers， Evans said．
Wednesday afternoon＇s shooting began outside the suspect＇s apartment building during what appeared to be an arranged custody exchange， Evans said． The gunman allegedly shot and wounded his child＇s mother， Evans said， adding that the child was able to escape and was not physically harmed．
As the gunman went inside the apartment building， he shot and wounded two building employees， Evans said．
The suspect then took the elevator to ninth floor -- where his apartment was -- and he allegedly shot and killed two men in their 60s who also lived in the building， Evans said．
Responding officers heard the gunfire and followed the sound to the ninth floor， where they encountered the suspect and exchanged gunfire， Evans said．
The suspect died and two officers were shot and injured， Evans said， noting that a third officer was not shot but also wounded．
When officers arrived on the ninth floor they ＂encountered a haze that significantly limited their visibility，＂ Minneapolis Police Department spokesperson Garrett Parten said Wednesday．
Four officers ＂experienced adverse effects＂ from the hazy substance， police said， and two additional officers were injured when their squad car was involved in a crash while responding to the shooting．
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said Thursday that the haze was likely caused by an exploded fire extinguisher．
A motive is not clear， interim Minneapolis Police Chief Bill Peterson said Wednesday． Law enforcement sources told ABC News investigators are probing whether the suspect had some connection to the building， including whether he was a former or current tenant and whether he was under an eviction notice．
Asked about the potential eviction notice， Evans told reporters Thursday， ＂That will all be part of our investigation．＂
＂The residents that were shot and killed on the ninth floor， the exact relationship he had with any of them， and whether or not they were a part of some of the information that was leading up to the eviction process that was underway by the building， is something that we will unpack， and I don＇t have specifics right now，＂ Evans said．
Evans added， ＂This is once again a situation where domestic violence is center and central to a really terrible situation with multiple people shot． And the role that domestic violence continues to play in mass casualty incidents ．．． continues to be a problem．＂
