Officer Fires Shots During Gun Call in Minneapolis, No Injuries
BY MN CRIME STAFF
An early Thursday morning call about a person with a gun led to an officer firing his weapon in Minneapolis, according to police.
No one was struck and there were no injuries reported.
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The incident happened around 12:30 a.m. on the 3000 block of 5th Avenue South, after officers were dispatched to the area after a 911 caller reported a neighbor had pointed a gun as his mother.
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said officers arrived on the scene minutes later. As officers approached the suspect’s apartment, he emerged holding a gun in his right hand. Officers gave multiple commands to drop the gun but the suspect did not comply.
One officer fired two rounds, a department spokesperson said.
The suspect was taken into custody and a black handgun was recovered from the scene. He has been booked into the Hennepin County Jail and not yet formally charged.
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Minneapolis police say the involved officer will be placed on standard administrative leave, as per policy. The agency has not yet identified the officer involved. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension confirmed its agents and crime scene personnel are investigating the “use-of-force incident.”
State law requires outside investigators to review officer involved shootings, and police said more information will be released as the investigation proceeds.
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