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Fiery protests rage yet again in Minneapolis after cops fatally shoot armed fugitive
 [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. Related: Minneapolis: 2021-06-02 'I Learned the Ugly Truth': Minnesota BLM Founder Calls it Quits Minneapolis: 2021-06-01 A year of racial justice protests in graphical detail Minneapolis: 2021-06-01 Activists plead for peace after spate of shootings in Minneapolis Related: Hennepin County: 2021-05-23 'Verbal confrontation' led to a mass shooting in downtown Minneapolis that left 2 dead and 8 injured Hennepin County: 2021-04-21 Chauvin defense attorney asked for mistrial, citing prosecutorial misconduct, publicity; jury convicts on all counts Hennepin County: 2021-04-16 Chauvin Trial - Day (fill in the blank) Nope - No Mistrial Posted by: Fred 2021-06-05 |
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