Upheaval in Uptown now a priority of Minneapolis officials
Upheaval in Uptown now a priority of Minneapolis officials Social media posts have highlighted lawlessness; city leaders are pledging to take action with stepped-up police patrols. Text size Copy shortlink:
In one widely shared video clip, a man fires a handgun into the air while hanging out the side of a car doing doughnuts in the middle of Hennepin and Lagoon avenues in Minneapolis Uptown neighborhood as a crowd looks on.
Images of vehicle stunts and garbage dumpsters being set ablaze in the heart of the entertainment district have also been making the rounds on social media, along with videos of confrontations between police and demonstrators following the June killing of Winston Smith Jr. by law officers executing a warrant for being a felon in possession of a gun.
This afternoon Hennepin County Sheriff s deputies shot and killed a man who reportedly was a homicide suspect in a parking ramp in Minneapolis, just a few blocks from the defunct (as of this morning) George Floyd memorial. Details are sketchy. Minneapolis Crime Watch is the most reliable source of information on such events: OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING. One male down.Hennepin deputies calling for help in a parking ramp near Fremont and
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Law enforcement officers shot and killed a man Thursday afternoon in Minneapolis Uptown neighborhood, sources said.
The U.S. Marshals Service said members of its task force were trying to arrest the man, suspected of being a felon in possession of a gun. The suspect, who was in a parked car, failed to comply and produced a handgun, resulting in task force members firing upon the subject, the agency said in its statement.
He was declared dead at the scene by medics, the statement continued. A woman in the car injured by shattered glass.
The shooting occurred in a parking ramp at W. Lake Street and S. Fremont Avenue. Minneapolis police were not involved.