Sheriffâs deputies in Minneapolis fatally shoot murder suspect -local media By Syndicated Content
By Brendan OâBrien
(Reuters) -Sheriffâs deputies in Minneapolis shot and killed a suspect wanted for murder on Thursday afternoon in a parking garage, an incident that drew a small protest nearby, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported.
The shooting by Hennepin County sheriffâs deputies occurred in the cityâs Uptown neighborhood on the fifth floor of a parking facility. Minneapolis police were not involved in the incident, the newspaper reported.
Word of the incident spread quickly, drawing a crowd of protesters who stood along police tape nearby. The city has been on edge since May 2020 when George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, was killed by a white Minneapolis police officer, sparking global protests about racial inequality and police brutality.
Tensions emerged in Minneapolis on Thursday evening after police fatally shot a suspect while attempting to serve an arrest warrant. Members of a U.S. Marshals task force were attempting to apprehend an individual wanted on a state warrant for possession of a firearm by a felon at around 2:10 p.m., according to a statement from the U.S. Marshall Service shared with The Hill by the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office. During the incident, the.
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The suspect was shot by a US Marshals task force attempting to arrest him on a state arrest warrant on Thursday, according to the Sheriff s 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 Square since he was killed in May 2020
Community activists quickly put up makeshift barriers and resumed chanting the name of the black man whose killing galvanized the racial justice movement