Tensions, already stretched thin due to the ongoing murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, boiled over near Minneapolis on Sunday after police shot and killed a 20-year-old man at a traffic stop, prompting unrest overnight.
Bayle Gelle, of Eden Prairie, holds a phone with a photo of his 22-year-old son, Dolal Idd, in south Minneapolis on Thursday. (Chao Xiong/Star Tribune via AP)
MINNEAPOLIS (CN) Minneapolis police released body camera footage Thursday of a fatal exchange of gunfire with a Black man that brought protests back to South Minneapolis Wednesday night.
The slain man, who police say opened fire on officers first, was identified by his father Thursday morning as 23-year-old Dolal Idd, a member of the Twin Cities metro’s large Somali community. Police have yet to confirm that identification.
Police Chief Medaria Arradondo said that gunfire erupted during a traffic stop of a felony suspect Wednesday evening about a mile east of Cup Foods.