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A team of Minnesota National Guard members and Minneapolis police officers providing neighborhood security in the city was the target of a drive-by shooting on Sunday, authorities said.
[9] [4] [5] Several Minneapolis city councilors who were critical of the police department released statements about the shooting that did not use Mitchell's name or note that a police officer had been killed. [23] Minnesota Governor Tim Walz ordered flags in the state to be flown at half-staff on May 31, 2024. [24]
Walz proactively mobilized 100 National Guard troops and an unspecific number of state patrol officers to support local law enforcement. [31] In early 2021, Minneapolis and Hennepin County officials spent $1 million on fencing and barricades for government buildings and police stations in anticipation of civil unrest during the trial. [32]
Thursday's fatal shooting of Minneapolis police officer Jamal Mitchell marks at least the 10th time in less than 14 months that law enforcement officers have been killed or wounded by gunfire in ...
A teenage from Anoka has been confirmed as the victim of Thursday's fatal shooting in north Minneapolis.. Isaiah Goodwin, 18, of Anoka, was found in an alleyway between Penn and Queen Avenue North ...
The Minnesota National Guard conducted a security mission alongside local law enforcement as street protests turned violent over the murder of George Floyd. A soldier from the Minnesota National Guard fired his weapon at a vehicle that was speeding towards police officers and National Guard soldiers in Minneapolis. The driver of the vehicle was ...
On July 16, Governor Walz activated 100 troops from the Minnesota National Guard for possible deployment to Minneapolis after receiving a request for assistance from Frey to help quell unrest. It was the city's fifth request for National Guard assistance since the murder of George Floyd in May 2020. [65]
A Minneapolis officer hailed as a hero last year was killed by a gunman who ambushed the officer as he responded to the scene of another shooting, police said.