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Minneapolis police shot a man in a shootout during a traffic check on the south side of the city, the first to be killed by police bullets since George Floyd’s death.
Authorities have assigned the Bureau of Criminal Investigation to investigate the incident and details of the identity, background or ethnicity of the deceased are still unclear.
“The officers were conducting a traffic search for a suspect,” Minneapolis Police Chief Madaria Aradundu told a news conference. Initial witness testimonies indicate that the intended target first shot at the police officers, who responded by shooting at him.
He added that “the cameras attached to the policemen’s clothing were working during the incident,” and pointed out that “a video will be published today, Thursday.”
The protesters gathered in front of a gas station near the scene of the shooting and the authorities urged them to stay away from any “destructive criminal behavior”.
Minneapolis has witnessed widespread protests over police violence and racism that gradually spread to other parts of the United States and the world following the death of George Floyd, a black American, on May 25 after a police officer ducked on your neck for about nine minutes.
Source: Reuters
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