ROCHESTER, Minn. — A Rochester man has been fatally shot outside an apartment building in the Essex Park neighborhood. The victim, Carlton Gardner, age 31, appeared to have been targeted, police said. The assailant had fled by the time police arrived. Police put drones in the air to look for the suspect. This was about 5:15 p.m. just west of the Watson Soccer Field in the 900 block of 41st Street Northwest.
