An Illinois man was allegedly trying to sell drugs at a Minneapolis homeless encampment when a dispute led to a shootout that killed a woman and injured six others, newly filed charges say.

More than 30 shots were fired at the encampment on Lake Street and 28th Avenue South on Sept. 15, according to a criminal complaint. Three of the seven people shot had life-threatening injuries, and the woman died of her wounds days later.

The 31-year-old Illinois man was arrested on Wednesday. Charging documents say that when he was taken into custody, he was carrying two bags of suspected fentanyl and methamphetamine.

In a post-Miranda statement, the man said he was part of a group of drug dealers from Illinois who had turned to selling in Minnesota, specifically along the Midtown Greenway in

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