Featured Tragic Incident in Minneapolis

A man suspected of assault was shot on a north Minneapolis street by a police officer early Sunday while allegedly hindering emergency responders from aiding his victim.

The shooting ignited a chaotic scene of shouting and taunting bystanders who believed the man was handcuffed before police opened fire.

Police Chief Janeé Harteau said Sunday afternoon that her department’s preliminary information is that the man was not handcuffed when police shot him.

The confrontation began about 12:45 a.m. in the 1600 block of Plymouth Avenue N., according to police. Authorities have yet to reveal the identities of the people involved or elaborate on the exact circumstances leading up to the assault.

Nekelia Sharp, who lives across the street, said an ambulance was called after the suspect and his girlfriend got into an argument. While paramedics were taking the girlfriend away, the suspect tried to talk to her. Sharp said that’s when he was handcuffed and then shot.

Bystanders swarmed as emergency vehicles were responding. In a video posted on Facebook by a witness, one woman was repeatedly shouting, “Y’all just killed that man!” Others nearby were pointing at police and taunting them.

[According to police] Officers answered a call about an assault and were then alerted that the suspect “had returned to the area and was confronting paramedics and disrupting their ability to render aid,” a statement from police read.

Protestors interrupted a meeting at the Minneapolis Urban League where Mayor Betsy Hodges and Police Chief Jane Harteau addressed community members.

As officers were attempting to calm the suspect, an altercation erupted with the man, “who was not in handcuffs,” the statement continued.

“At some point during the struggle, an officer discharged his weapon, striking the suspect,” the statement read.

http://www.startribune.com/police-o...t-suspect-during-physical-struggle/349730171/

 

The information is incomplete but I will say this:

If the suspect was interfering with the paramedics that were treating the victim he should have been restrained, put in handcuffs, and thrown in the back of a police car. Why was the suspect allowed to approach HIS OWN VICTIM?

Also, unless the suspect was armed or going for a gun, there was no need to shoot him. There were plenty of cops at the scene. They should have restrained him. Why do you shoot someone for interfering with a paramedic? Is that even a crime? Nowhere in the story is there a report that the suspect was resisting arrest.

 

Hi Flippo63. I see this is your second post on BB. How do you know Zaac?

 

Actually, he's not dead. How do you know the eyewitnesses are lying?

 

How can this shooting be justified? Can't several cops subdue one man? Why shoot him?

 

Again, I ask--Why was the suspect allowed to approach HIS OWN VICTIM?

 

It's true that we don't know much, but we do know that the suspect in a domestic disturbance call that had harmed a woman enough to need medical attention, was allowed to walk around freely. There's no excuse for that.