Riots ensued in Minneapolis Thursday night after a police-involved shooting left an murder suspect dead.
The man killed by law enforcement today in #UptownMpls after he reportedly pulled a gun is being named by friends on social media as Winston Boogie Smith, Jr., 32. pic.twitter.com/Vx4zDtC8Nr
— CrimeWatchMpls (@CrimeWatchMpls) June 4, 2021
Early Thursday afternoon, US Marshals and local law enforcement attempted to arrest a suspect for possession of an illegal firearm. During the encounter, the suspect was parked in his vehicle and pulled out his handgun. The taskforce fired after giving multiple commands and ultimately killed the suspect, according to the US Marshals Services.
The deceased individual was a suspect in a murder, Fox9 reported.
The moment Police aggressively moved in on protesters and dispersed tear gas into the intersection. #Minneapolis #Uptown #WinstonBoogieSmith pic.twitter.com/A2zfDxRnbh
— Rebecca Brannon (@RebsBrannon) June 4, 2021
A crowd of a few dozen protesters gathered outside the parking garage where the encounter took place and began to light dumpsters on fire, demanding justice for the deceased murder suspect.
One female police officer pushed back on a protester, telling him to leave multiple times. #Minneapolis pic.twitter.com/PLJ9qb7awe
— Rebecca Brannon (@RebsBrannon) June 4, 2021
The crowd gathered in an intersection after members of the group barricaded off Lake Street and Hennepin Avenue, Fox9 reported.
CVS off Lake Street was broken into and looted. Currently someone has arrived to board up the shattered windows.
— Rebecca Brannon (@RebsBrannon) June 4, 2021
Police were able to arrive on scene before looters did more damage.#MinneapolisAtNight pic.twitter.com/549g0hOSMi
Minneapolis police officers responded to the scene around midnight and attempted to disperse the crowd using flashbangs and other crowd control munitions.
T-mobile was just broken into by a large group off Lake Street to loot.#Minneapolis #Uptown pic.twitter.com/eBADp21dRE
— Rebecca Brannon (@RebsBrannon) June 4, 2021
Protesters began to loot stores around the area and committed multiple acts of property destruction; including breaking out the windows to a CVS, Target, and T-Mobile.
#Minneapolis
— Shane B. Murphy (@shanermurph) June 4, 2021
Multiple arrests have just taken place as the arrestees shriek in surprise.
This livestreamer is not real press because they’re shouting ‘media’ like a dummy while not staying on the sidewalk (like you’re supposed to). Outta the road. pic.twitter.com/3Sis7EG2Yi
The Minneapolis Police Department made multiple arrests in accordance to Thursday night’s unrest.
Some arrests are being made while other protesters antagonize police. #Minneapolis pic.twitter.com/PR12OIk0Xy
— Rebecca Brannon (@RebsBrannon) June 4, 2021
This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.
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