Black Lives Matter Protesters Shot In Minneapolis

Update: Police said Tuesday afternoon that they have arrested a 23-year-old white male in connection with Monday night’s shootings. They are still searching for addition suspects.

Original story below:

Five people were shot Monday night in Minneapolis, according to police, as protests continued outside the Minneapolis Police Department’s fourth precinct a block away, and Black Lives Matter members blamed white supremacists for the violence.

Minneapolis Police said the shooting sent all five victims to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The shooting happened a block away from Minneapolis Police’s fourth precinct, where protesters have gathered in support of Jamar Clark, a 24-year-old black man who was shot by Minneapolis Police on November 15 and died the next day.

Witnesses say Clark was already in handcuffs when he was shot. Police say he was not.

Members of Black Lives Matter have sat outside the precinct in solidarity. They say Monday’s shooting was carried out by white supremacists.

“5 unarmed protestors shot by white supremacists who were asked to leave & followed out,” reads a post on Black Lives Matter Minneapolis’ Facebook page. “One block up they shot one in leg & 1 in stomach ‪#‎4thPrecinctShutDown‬.“

Police have not pegged the shooting on anyone yet, but say they are “working to identify suspects. The police are asking that anyone with information to please come forward.”

Black Lives Matter had planned a march for Tuesday at 3 p.m.