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What we know is that police issued -- executed this no-knock warrant wednesday morning just before 7:00 a.m. they entered. they announced that they were police. according to locke's parents, he was asleep on the couch. police -- you can see him in that video underneath a blanket and that's when he sort of twists, and police say as soon as they saw a gun, that's when they opened fire. the interim police chief in minneapolis saying that it was a split-second decision. we are now getting some more context from his parents who say, look, first of all, we know he wasn't even listed on this warrant,...

Nation," i will be talking to the parents of amir locke, a young 22-year-old block man shot and killed by minneapolis police this week. body cam video shows officers entering an apartment without knocking as they execute a no-knock warrant. on the video he is seen wrapped in a comforter beginning to move with a pistol in his hand just before an officer fires his weapon. locke's family said that he had no criminal record. and he had a license and concealed carry permit for the gun. which they said that he had for location because he worked in the minneapolis/st. paul area as a driver for a food...

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>> these events happened very rapidly, and as there's a gun emerging in your direction, you're forced to make a split second decision about when it's a threat. >> reporter: with at least three shots fired by police who also released this screen grab showing a gun, locke's family compares the no-knock warrant to the botched kentucky police raid that left brie on na taylor dead, from the same police department under scrutiny for george floyd's murder. >> he was executed by the mpd and i want the police officer that murdered my son to be prosecuted and fired. >> reporter: though authorities promi...

>> reporter: then, bursts through the doorway, searching the apartment police say tied to a st. paul homicide investigation and instead found 22-year-old amir locke who appeared to be asleep on the couch. body camera shows him holding a gun. >> you can see along with an individual emerging from under the blanket the barrel of a gun. >> reporter: cnn hasn't been able to confirm where the officer is but as l on, cke begins to stand, three shots. >> the officer had to make a split second decision to assess the circumstances and determine if he felt there was a threat and that the threat was of im...