Victim of Latest Fatal Rochester Shooting Identified
Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News)- The victim of the latest fatal shooting in Rochester has been identified.
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Rochester police responded to the shooting around 1 AM Saturday at a home in the 4100 block of Manor Woods Drive Northwest.
Communications Coordinator Amanda Grayson previously stated officers arrived at the scene and found a man suffering from a gunshot wound. First responders provided lifesaving measures were attempted, but the man died at the scene.
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On Monday the Southern Minnesota Regional Medical Examiner’s Office identified the deceased man as Demetrious Antonio Tankhamvang. He was 28-years-old.
Grayson previously said investigators determined that a man taken into custody following the shooting was the person who called 911. He told a dispatcher that he had shot a man who had entered the residence and assaulted him, police say.
Grayson says he was questioned by detectives before being released from custody.
Police have not released the shooter’s name but did say the man and Tankhamvang were known to each other. No other information has been released.
Saturday morning’s shooting was the second fatal shooting in Rochester, and third shooting in the past two weeks.
28-year-old Dahir Dahir was identified as the victim in a fatal shooting on the evening of November 21 near the intersection of 10th Street and 1st Avenue Southeast. No arrests have been reported in that case.
On November 25, a Rochester woman suffered a non-life-threatening gunshot wound in a shooting in the 5100 block of 51st Street Northwest. There have also been no arrests reported in that case.
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