Friday, May 31, 2024 - A police officer was among 3 killed and five other people were wounded in a mass shooting in a trendy Minneapolis neighborhood on Thursday evening, May 30.
Minneapolis police confirmed that six
people — two cops and four civilians — were shot near 22nd and Blaisdell in the
city’s trendy Whittier neighborhood around 6 p.m.
A 28-year-old officer was killed and
another is in critical condition, law enforcement sources told The Star
Tribune.
“Praying for all the first responders on
the ground working to keep the community safe,” Gov. Tim Walz tweeted, adding
that the state “stands ready to provide any resources necessary.”
Walz said State Patrol troopers were
assisting Minneapolis police.
After the shooting, dozens of cops
flocked to the Hennepin County Medical Center in downtown Minneapolis where
several were seen sobbing and consoling each other.
Police saluted the body of a fallen
Minneapolis officer as it was escorted to a waiting medical examiner’s vehicle
outside Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis shortly after the
shooting on May 30, 2024.
Back at the scene, several residents waited
behind police to be let back into their homes.
Reuben Molina said he was in his
apartment when he heard several shots ring out from a floor below.
He told he newspaper he heard a woman
phone 911 and tell the dispatcher two people were shot in the head.
“I could hear the bullets ricocheting and
bouncing off stuff as I’m trying to get somebody to come inside to check on the
people who were shot,” he said, adding that he saw one wounded victim being
taken away.
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