MINNEAPOLIS Grief mixed with anger Friday for the family of Winston Boogie Smith a day after members of a federal fugitive task force shot and killed the 32-year-old man during an arrest attempt at an Uptown Minneapolis parking ramp. State investigators say Smith fired a gun from inside his vehicle as deputies closed in although there is no body camera or squad dashcam footage of the .
Minneapolis unrest after Winston Smith death continues into second night Dom Calicchio
Minneapolis saw a second night of unrest Friday following Thursday’s fatal shooting of Winston Smith by law enforcement officers.
The evening s protests came hours after authorities said Smith had fired a weapon before being killed.
Protesters blocked traffic in the city’s Uptown area, using motorcycles, bike racks and dumpsters, the Star-Tribune of Minneapolis reported.
As of 11 p.m. local time Friday no arrests had been reported. But later posts on social media suggested that some protesters had been taken into custody.
Earlier in the evening, a crowd gathered at the parking ramp where Smith died following a confrontation with sheriff’s deputies and U.S. Marshal Service personnel, according to the newspaper.
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 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