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MINNEAPOLIS — Several people were arrested for "riotous behavior" during a protest late Friday and early Saturday at the Uptown Minneapolis site where law enforcement shot and killed Winston Smith on Thursday, police said. It was the second night of protests and arrests at W. Lake Street and S. Girard Avenue, police spokesman John Elder said in a news release. Through Friday evening and ...

The deaths of a man and a woman in separate incidents brought the number of homicides in the city to 37 for the year.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Three people were killed in separate shootings in Minneapolis early...

Minneapolis police fire tear gas as protests break out over dismantling of George Floyd Square and fatal shooting by cops of black man who pulled gun The suspect was shot by a US Marshals task force attempting to arrest him on a state arrest warrant on Thursday, according to the Sheriffs Department. Authorities said he pulled out a gun before he was shot   The shooting came on the same day crews in Minneapolis began to dismantle concrete barriers which had been placed around George Floyd Squa...

The United States Marshals Service says one person was shot and killed by task force members after the person pulled a gun while resisting arrest.

Officials said a man wanted for illegally possessing a gun was fatally shot by authorities who were part of a group trying to arrest him, including U.S. Marshals. Little is known about the shooting.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Crowds vandalized buildings and stole from businesses in...

Police were still tallying the number of people arrested Friday morning.

Two sheriffs deputies fatally shot man during arrest attempt, prompting new wave of unrest in Minneapolis Christine Fernando, USA TODAY Replay Video UP NEXT Two sheriffs deputies fatally shot a man Thursday afternoon during an arrest attempt in Minneapolis, prompting protests and public outcry to release footage of the shooting. While authorities did not immediately release the mans name, family and friends identified him as Winston Boogie Smith, a 32-year-old father of three...

Two Minnesota sheriffs deputies who were on a US Marshals task force shot and killed felon Winston Boogie Smith, 32, while trying to serve an arrest warrant for illegally carrying a firearm.