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Traffic dispute may have led to fatal Minneapolis shooting

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Officials say a traffic dispute may have led to a fatal weekend shooting in downtown Minneapolis.

Police received a report of shots fired about 2 a.m. Sunday and found a man down in the street with no pulse. First responders attempted to revive the man, identified as 24-year-old Joe Willie Ross Jr. of Shakopee, but he was pronounced dead at Hennepin County Medical Center. The Hennepin County medical examiner’s office says Ross died of a gunshot wound to the chest.

The fatal shooting comes two days after a shooting about six blocks away in which two people were injured.

The Star Tribune reports Sunday’s death was the third homicide in downtown Minneapolis since Memorial Day weekend.

Rochester wage theft case poses test for new state law

ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) — A group of Rochester-area construction workers are pursuing a wage theft claim, testing a new state law that aims to clamp down on companies that don’t pay for labor.

Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry officials say the law, which went into effect July 1, doubles the amount of state investigators probing wage theft cases, which will increase site examinations. Officials say an estimated $11.9 million is kept from 39,000 Minnesota workers every year.

The Star Tribune reports that workers allege Ed Lunn Construction duped them out of thousands of dollars in wages after working the majority of 2018 on a $40 million, city-funded affordable housing project that’s now filling with residents.

Lunn denies any culpability, contending a subcontractor employed the men.

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