Community concerned after mass shooting Monday near homeless encampment in Minneapolis

Police and community members speaking about a shooting Monday night that left one person dead and five others injured.

The victim that died has been identified by police as female but she has not been named yet.

It happened near the intersection of 17th Avenue South and Franklin Avenue near a homeless encampment. When police and paramedics arrived to treat the injured, a crowd formed keeping them from doing their work.

"This just highlights an ongoing problem that we've had around homeless encampments," says Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara. "I know it's been incredibly frustrating to a lot of our residents who live close by. Unfortunately, these locations are, you know, they're known for narcotics activity and they're just not safe.

Chief O'Hara is not necessarily linking the encampment with the shooting, but he did say investigators found a gun at the scene.

O'Hara is classifying the incident as a "mass shooting".

Robert Lilligren, who works with the Native American Community Development Institute, tells WCCO television it's frustrating.

"We need help right now. I think the recent shooting is evidence of that. Get resources into our community now," Lilligren said. "And so, I'm hoping that the urgency to do that will become a little more elevated and apparent out of the city, and we're facing big challenges."

Investigators continue to look into what led to the shooting and for suspects.