Updated: 10:56 AM CDT June 5, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS — Investigators said a Metro Transit officer shot and injured a man overnight after seeing him fatally shoot another person.
According to a release from Metro Transit, officers came across a fight at about 2 a.m. in the area of Hennepin Avenue and South Fifth Street in downtown Minneapolis. They said they saw a man shoot another man.
A Metro Transit police officer who engaged the suspect shot him in the leg, officials said in the release.
The man who was shot by the suspect died in the hospital. The man shot in the leg by the officer was also taken to the hospital, where he was treated before being taken to the Hennepin County Detention Center. Police said charges are pending.