An Inver Grove Heights man was shot to death during daylight hours last week in Minneapolis.

Shortly before 2 p.m. Thursday, Minneapolis Third Precinct Officers found D’Shawn JC Porter, 26, with a fatal gunshot wound to the back of his head in the 2900 block on 12th Avenue South.

Porter was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Minneapolis Police Department. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s office identified Porter on Monday.

Minneapolis Chief of Police Brian O’Hara reported that Porter was with a group of people when an altercation with another man took place and shooting followed.

“This is the first murder of the month of August.” O’Hara said in a news release. “It’s difficult because it’s happened in broad daylight on a weekday afternoon and now there’s another family that’s here and is being torn apart by gun violence.”

The investigation is ongoing and no arrests have been made, police said Monday.

Anyone with information is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). Tips can be sent to CrimeStoppersMN.org.

All Tips are anonymous and persons providing information leading to an arrest and conviction may be eligible for a financial reward.

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