Police ID Suspects Arrested in Rochester Apartment Shooting
Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News)- Rochester Police have released the identities of the two men accused of exchanging gunfire outside of an apartment building in northwest Rochester last week.
Police Captain Casey Moilanen said officers responded to a reported shooting at the Ashland Apartment building in the 1950 block of Ashland Dr. Northwest. The shooting was reported shortly after 4:10 Friday afternoon.
The initial investigation indicates two men had gotten into an altercation outside of the building then opened fire at each other, Moilanen said. One of the suspects, identified as 27-year-old Joshua Eugene Adams of Rochester, was arrested at the scene.
A witness gave officers a description of a vehicle seen leaving the scene shooting. Moilanen said an officer responding to the shooting saw the suspect vehicle and stopped it near the intersection of Valley High Dr. and 19th St. Northwest.
The traffic stop resulted in the arrest of 23-year-old Michael King of Rochester. Moilanen says both men could face a felony second-degree assault charge. Police are also referring a receiving stolen property charge against Adams.
No one was reported to have been struck by the gunfire. Moilanen says officers recovered two guns at the shooting scene.
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