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Man Fatally Shot Outside Eagan Hotel Identified As Maurice Anderson

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- Authorities have identified the man fatally shot in the head Monday night outside an extended stay hotel in Eagan.

The Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office says 29-year-old Maurice Anderson, of Minneapolis, died of multiple gunshot wounds. His manner of death was listed as a homicide.

According to police, the shooting happened shortly before 9 p.m. near the intersection of Eagandale Place and Lone Oak Road, outside a Sonesta Suites hotel building. Officers found Anderson with an apparent gunshot wound in his head. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

That same night, police arrested a man and a woman in a vehicle trying to leave the area.

The shooting remains under investigation.

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