Police Fatally Shoot Man During Standoff In South Minneapolis

By WCCO Staff, CBS Minnesota

July 14, 2022

Police in south Minneapolis fatally shot a man Thursday morning, ending an hourslong standoff that began when a woman reported a man trying was trying to shoot into her apartment through the wall.

Minneapolis Police Department public information officer Garrett Parten said authorities negotiated with the man, who was believed to be in his 20s, for about six hours before police shot him around 4:30 a.m. He was taken to Hennepin Healthcare with life-threatening injuries and later died.

"This is not the outcome anyone wanted," Mayor Jacob Frey said. "Any loss of life is tragic, and my deepest condolences go out to the family of the individual involved."

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