Reward Offered in Christmas Homicide in Lyndale
Minneapolis Police are appealing for the public’s help to solve the City’s last murder of 2008. They recently announced that Crime Stoppers is offering a $1,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest and conviction in the Christmas Day murder of 28-year-old Luis Morales-Figureoa.
Figureoa was found shot to death in the street near the intersection of Lake Street West and Pleasant Avenue South at 5 a.m. on Dec. 25. “He was dressed for the weather. But as far as details on how many times he was shot or where he was shot, we’ll have to leave that to the medical examiner,” said Lt. Richard Zimmerman.
According to Homicide Lt. Richard Zimmerman, The motive is unclear; they do not suspect it was a robbery because the victim had a cell phone in his hand and money in his pocket. Police do have a video from a business at the corner showing Morales walking east on Lake Street with another person, believed to be the shooter behind him.
Authorities are treating the incident as a homicide, and do not have any suspects in custody. The Police hope that the reward- the tip can be anonymous- will help explain what happened. If you have any information call Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-TIPS. www.crimestoppersmn.org
