Comments

You have commented 339 times on Rantburg.

Your Name

Your e-mail (optional)

Website (optional)

	My Original Nic Pic-a-Nic Sorry. Comments have been closed on this article.
Foto

Submit your comments on this article

-Lurid Crime Tales-

Fiery protests rage yet again in Minneapolis after cops fatally shoot armed fugitive

2021-06-05

[NYPOST] Angry protesters lit fires, looted stores and taunted cops in Minneapolis Thursday after officers shot and killed a man — who was a runaway who whipped out a handgun when authorities closed in on him.

Members of a US Marshals task force were attempting to arrest the felon around 2 p.m. on a state warrant for being a criminal in possession of a firearm, authorities said.

"During the incident, the subject, who was in a parked car, failed to comply and produced a handgun resulting in task force members firing upon the subject," the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Department, which was part of the task force involved in the fatal arrest, said in a statement.

The man killed has since been identified as 32-year-old Winston Boogie Smith by local media and friends and family on social media.

Smith was convicted of aggravated robbery in 2017 and received a stayed prison sentence and was put on probation, according to WCCO.

A warrant was then issued for his arrest after he skipped a probation violation hearing in May — which would have sent him to prison, the outlet said.

Officers attempted to revive Smith but he was declared dead by paramedics on the scene. A woman who was in the car with the suspect sustained minor injuries from shattered glass, the statement said.

Several law enforcement agencies had been involved in the arrest, including local sheriff’s offices as well as the federal Department of Homeland Security, but not Minneapolis police, the Star Tribune said.

Posted by:Fred

#1 start killing "protestors" with efficiency and see how many protest you have.

Posted by: Chris 2021-06-05 02:08

00:00