Officials have identified the man who was shot to death on the southern edge of downtown Minneapolis last week.

Mario Ray Sparkman, 46, of Minneapolis was shot multiple times about 11:45 p.m. Wednesday on S. Portland Avenue near E. 15th Street, the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office said.

Police have not announced any arrests in connection with Sparkman's death.

"Preliminary information indicates that there may have been an argument before the shooting occurred," a police statement read. "A possible suspect left the scene on foot."

This year's tally of 51 homicides in Minneapolis compares with 46 at this time last year, according to a Minnesota Star Tribune database. There were 36 homicides in the city as of this date in 2019, the most recent year before the pandemic.