A Minneapolis murder suspect has committed suicide because police arrested him on Wednesday – looting looting and unrest in a city still reeling from the death of George Floyd.
The man, who is black, shot himself in front of several circumstances outside a building at Nicollet Mall in the city center, the Star Tribune reported.
About 90 minutes after the 6-hour suicide, police sources released city guards from the incident to show that it was not a police-involved shooting.
But Protestants still made their way to the center. The demonstrations began peacefully. One Protestant even used a megaphone to tell the public “the man killed himself,” the report said.
Once the night fell, however, the protests were violent, with looting and vandalism, according to reports.
A local Fox affiliate reporter, Courtney Godfrey, caught some of the looting and posted the video to Twitter.
In one clip, looters can be seen entering Saks Fifth Avenue in Nicollet Mall and exiting through a broken window.
Looters also hit a nearby liquor store and a medical arts building, Godfrey wrote.
The unrest prompted the city’s mayor, Jacob Frey, to call in the National Guard and issue a statement of departure, according to the Star Tribune.
“This is a tragic incident for all involved,” the mayor said. “What the city needs now is healing, no more destruction of property.”
The man who shot himself was wanted after he killed a man in a downtown parking garage earlier Wednesday, the report said.
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