Police fatally shot Locke early Wednesday morning while executing a search warrant.
At around 6:48 a.m. Wednesday morning, a SWAT team executed a homicide-suspect search warrant as part of an investigation into a violent crime, authorities said.
Video of the raid showed Locke wrapped in a blanket on a couch when officers entered the apartment. The officers shouted at him to show his hands and get on the ground. Locke then sits up with a gun before being shot. Locke, a legal gun owner, had pointed a loaded gun in the officers' direction at about nine seconds into the encounter. Three shots are heard before the video ends.
An incident report said Locke suffered two wounds in the chest and one in the right wrist. He was transported to the Hennepin County Medical Center where he died. Public information documents"No officer goes into a dangerous setting like this wanting to use a weapon," the Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis said in aSaturday."That decision was not taken lightly, and the impact of the use of deadly force will affect these officers, their families, and the family of Mr.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People said the police's practices are"unforgivable," and called for the immediate termination of Hanneman. "A life was taken, which demands transparency, but perhaps more importantly, accountability," the association
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