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‘I Want To Be Here For A Renaissance Of Uptown’: Business Owners, Residents Not Letting Violent Crime Scare Them Away

People are seeing shootings become far too common in Uptown.

(CBS News)

March 7, 2021

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Business owners and neighbors who live in one of the busiest nightlife neighborhoods in Minneapolis say changes are needed after a man was shot Saturday night.

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It happened outside the bars and businesses at Hennepin and Lagoon avenues just before 11 p.m. Police say the victim is expected to survive.

However, the situation was still traumatizing for people who are seeing shootings become far too common in Uptown. Vivian Robbins lives in the area, and was at a nearby bar at the time of the shooting.

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