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