Minneapolis Crime Scene Lab Worker Shot Outside Daycare: Report

MINNEAPOLIS — A woman who works as a supervisor for the Minneapolis Police Department's crime scene lab survived after she was shot several times on Wednesday night, according to a report.

Nicole Lenway was shot outside First Step Early Childhood Education Center on University Avenue at about 7:30 p.m., the Star Tribune reported. Sources told the newspaper that the shooting is being investigated as a domestic assault.

"Last night, gun violence hit home," a GoFundMe page for Lenway states.

"While off duty, one of our own, Nicki Lenway, suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was immediately transported to a local hospital. She is in stable condition and has been in this fight since the word GO. Inevitably there will be a number of costs/bills that she will incur during her road to recovery. Please keep Nicki, her family, and her circle in your thoughts and prayers. No one fights alone!"

Read more at the Star Tribune.

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