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LOOTING AND DESTRUCTION HAVE
RETURNED TO MINNEAPOLIS AFTER
POLICE SAY A CROWD MISTOOK A
SUICIDE FOR AN OFFICER INVOLVED
SHOOTING.
IT ALL STARTED WITH THE MURDER
INVESTIGATION IN THE HEART OF
DOWNTOWN, THIS AFTERNOON.
A MAN SHOT AND KILLED
ANOTHER MAN IN PARKING RAMP A
AT TARGET FIELD.
THE GUNMAN AND A WOMAN TOOK
OFF.
THEY SPOTTED THE GUNMAN A FEW
HOURS LATER AT EIGHTH AND
NICOLETTE MALL.
WHEN OFFICERS APPROACHED HIM HE
TURNED HIS GUN ON HIMSELF AND
TOOK HIS OWN LIFE.
MOMENTS AGO CHIEF ARRADONDO
TALKED ABOUT THE UNREST
HAPPENING IN MINNEAPOLIS.
TO THE CITY STILL BREATHING
I WILL MAKE IT CLEAR WE WILL
NOT TOLERATE IT.
WE WILL CLEAR OUT DOWNTOWN AND
THOSE WHO CHOOSE TO CAUSE
DESTRUCTION OR VIOLENCE YOU
WILL BE ARRESTED.
IT IS NONNEGOTIABLE.
THIS IS MY CITY AND WE WILL NOT
TOLERATE THAT.
JEFF WAGONER FOLLOWING THE
AFTERMATH AND KNOW YOU KNOW A
LOT OF INFORMATION TO SHARE
WITH BECAUSE I LOOK TOWARD THE
ROOFTOP WINDOWS WERE SHATTERED
WITHOUT AND WATCHING PEOPLE
WALKING IN AND OUT AS YOU
MENTIONED LOOTING CONTINUES.
ONCE THAT INVESTIGATION WRAPPED
UP EARLIER ALONG THE NICOLETTE
MALL THINGS GOT DESTRUCTIVE
RANGING FROM RIGHT NEXT TO THE
TARGET, THE LATEST INCIDENT
HAPPENING EIGHTH STREET AROUND
6:00 THINK THIS VIDEO IS WHAT
WE SHARED LEADING UP TO THE
SHOOTING FROM A CITY CAMERA
ALONG THE MALL WHERE POLICE SAY
THEY WERE APPROACHING THE MAN,
THE SUSPECT WHEN HE TURNED THE
GUN ON HIMSELF.
THEIR INVESTIGATION WE WERE
ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHO THE
SUSPECT WAS IN THE SHOOTING.
WE WERE ABLE TO LOCATE THE
INDIVIDUAL DOWNTOWN AND SHORTLY
AFTER 6:00 P.M., SQUADS BEGAN
TO MOVE IN ON THE SUSPECT.
THE SUSPECT WAS IN THE AREA OF
EIGHTH AND NICOLETTE AGAIN
BEGAN TO GO DOWN THE ROAD,
APPEARS TO HAVE.
OFFICERS APPROACHING, HE
TURNED INTO THE DOORWAY OF THE
BUILDING AND PRODUCED A HANDGUN
PUT IT UP UNDERNEATH HIS CHIN
HE THEN ADJUSTED HIS STANCE AND
SHOT HIMSELF UNDERNEATH THE
CHIN CLOSE TO WHERE IT MEETS
THE NECK.
ABOUT FOR OURS EARLIER
AROUND 2:00 P.M.
INVESTIGATORS SAY THE MAN GOT
INTO A FIGHT IN BRANFORD A NEAR
TARGET CENTER AND TARGET FIELD.
HE SHOT AND KILLED A MAN THERE,
AND RAN OFF WITH A WOMAN.
WE SOUND HER SOON AFTER.
INVESTIGATORS DON'T YET KNOW
WHAT LED UP TO THE FIGHT IN
THAT PARKING LOT.
WE WILL SHOW YOU A LIVE PICTURE
FROM A LONG NICOLETTE MALL.
STILL A LARGE POLICE PRESENCE
DOWNTOWN.
GOVERNOR WALZ HAS SENT IN STATE
PATROL TO HELP CONTROL CROWDS.
THE HENNEPIN COUNTY SHERIFF IS
HERE AND I SPOKE WITH HIM,
SHERIFF DAVE HUTCHISON.
WE HAD TO RESTORE ORDER IN
THE CITY.
FALSE NARRATIVE OF SOCIAL MEDIA
THIS IS A BAD SITUATION. WITH
THE A GUY TAKING HIS LIFE IS A
BAD SITUATION NOW LOOTING IN
RIDING AND CIVIL UNREST FROM IT
ALSO MAKES US LOOK BAD.
Reporter: WE HAVE.
AND HEARD ACTS OF VANDALISM
AND LOOTING ALONG NICOLETTE
MALL THIS VIDEO INSIGHT
DOWNTOWN TARGET EARLIER THIS
EVENING FOR I BELIEVE LOOTING
INITIALLY BEGAN WITH POLICE
ABLE TO STOP BEFORE IT SPREAD
EVERYWHERE ELSE.
SOMETHING ELSE POLICE AND
COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS OUT HERE
THIS EVENING AROUND THE CRIME
SCENE URGING PEOPLE TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED AND
STOP THE VIOLENCE AND THE
NARRATIVE POLICE SHOT THE
SUSPECT IS NOT TRUE.
LISTEN, MINNEAPOLIS ST. PAUL
WHATEVER WORLD, LISTEN WE JUST
SAW THE VIDEO, THE VIDEO IN
THIS MAN SHOT HIMSELF.
THIS IS NOT POLICE INVOLVED
SHOOTING DO NOT GO THROUGH
TEARING OF THE CITY. OBVIOUSLY
KG WILSON'S MESSAGE AND THAT OF
OTHER OUTREACH TEAMS HERE, LIKE
MAD DADS AND WE PUSH FOR PEACE
FELL ON DEAF EARS.
UNREST CONTINUED DESPITE MORE
LAW ENFORCEMENT SHOWING UP
LOOTING ON THE MALL STRETCHING
FROM AT LEAST 63 TO 12 STREET
ON INTERSECTING ROADS AROUND IT
A LITTLE BIT AGO I BROUGHT UP
BRITT'S PUB, NEXT THING WE KNOW
THEY ARE THROWING BOTTLES IN
OUR DIRECTION AND WE RETURNED
TO THE STUDIOS FOR PROTECTION.
WE ARE SAFE RIGHT NOW BUT AS
YOU LOOK OUT EVERY DIRECTION
FROM THE ROOF IT IS UNCLEAR
WHERE LAW ENFORCEMENT OTHER
THAN RIGHT THERE A COUPLE
BLOCKS AWAY FROM US IS AT THE
MOMENT IF LAW ENFORCEMENT IS
NOT AROUND PEOPLE FEEL FREE TO
DO WHAT THEY WANT IT LOOKS
LIKE.
SPEAKING TO THAT WE SHOULD
MENTION EARLIER THIS EVENING
THEY ARE JACOB FREY, SAID THE
ONLY THEY WANT PEACE BUT HE
TALKED TO THE GOVERNOR SOUNDS
LIKE THEY WERE CALLING OUT
NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS IT WAS
STATE PATROL IF I REMEMBER AND
THEN THE NATIONAL GUARDS BUT I
THOUGHT GOVERNOR WALZ'S TWEET
ABOUT STATE PATROL ENTER THE
PRESS CONFERENCE WE HEARD IN
THE LAST HALF-HOUR WORD ABOUT
THE NATIONAL GUARD BEING CALLED
IN BECAUSE I MENTIONED EARLIER
TOO I HAVE NOT SEEN MIKE ROADS
LIKE THIS ON A WEDNESDAY NIGHT
IN DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS AND I
DON'T KNOW HOW LONG.
ABOUT THREE MONTHS HE.
RIGHT AND IT ALMOST FEELS
LIKE THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC I'M
SEEING ON THE ROADS THE AMOUNT
OF PEOPLE WALKING UP AND DOWN
THE MALL IT WAS LIKE A BUSY
FRIDAY NIGHT LIKE ANY OTHER
SUMMER PEOPLE GOING TO BARS AND
RESTAURANTS FROM IS ONCE WORD
STARTED SPREADING OF WHAT
OCCURRED OR WHAT PEOPLE BELIEVE
ACCRUED HERE JUST TRUE IN
PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER AND
WHATEVER HAPPENED AFTERWARDS IS
CONTINUING RIGHT NOW.
WE WILL TRY TO DO SOME
REPORTING ON THAT TOMORROW.
PART OF IT IS WHAT OCCURRED OR