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06-14-2021, 10:42 AM
By Michelle Ewing, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
MINNEAPOLIS — One person is dead and a suspect is in police custody after a driver struck a group of protesters in Minneapolis late Sunday, authorities said.
According to the Star Tribune, the incident occurred about 11:40 p.m. at the intersection of South Girard Avenue and Lake Street, where demonstrators had gathered to protest over the shooting of Winston Smith Jr., a Black man who was killed by a U.S. Marshals task force June 3.
Minneapolis police tweeted early Monday that emergency crews rushed two people who had been hurt in the crash to a nearby hospital, where one was pronounced dead and the other was expected to recover. A third person experienced a “medical issue and was treated,” the department added.
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Meanwhile, protesters pulled the suspect from the car, police said.
“He is now [in] police custody and being treated at an area hospital,” the department tweeted overnight. “Unknown motive at this time.”
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No further information was immediately available.
MINNEAPOLIS — One person is dead and a suspect is in police custody after a driver struck a group of protesters in Minneapolis late Sunday, authorities said.
According to the Star Tribune, the incident occurred about 11:40 p.m. at the intersection of South Girard Avenue and Lake Street, where demonstrators had gathered to protest over the shooting of Winston Smith Jr., a Black man who was killed by a U.S. Marshals task force June 3.
Minneapolis police tweeted early Monday that emergency crews rushed two people who had been hurt in the crash to a nearby hospital, where one was pronounced dead and the other was expected to recover. A third person experienced a “medical issue and was treated,” the department added.
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Meanwhile, protesters pulled the suspect from the car, police said.
“He is now [in] police custody and being treated at an area hospital,” the department tweeted overnight. “Unknown motive at this time.”
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No further information was immediately available.