Man injured in shooting at Benihana; no arrests, police say
By Nick Lentz, WCCO Staff
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MAPLE GROVE, Minnesota (WCCO) — A man is in the hospital and police are looking for another after a shooting at the Japanese restaurant Benihana on Friday afternoon.
According to police, officers responded to the incident on the 11800 block of Fountains Drive around 4:30 p.m. The suspected shooter, identified as a man, and the man who was shot both left the scene in separate vehicles.
According to police, the two men involved knew each other and were involved in an altercation before the shooting.
The 33-year-old man who was shot drove himself to a local hospital where he was treated for a gunshot wound to the groin, per police. The shooter fled the scene and has not been located.
No arrests have been made. Police said the shooting doesn’t appear to be random and there is no threat to the public.
One woman told WCCO she was having lunch with her 97-year-old father when the shooting happened.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the Maple Grove Police Department at 763-494-6100.
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