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Photos: Hundreds Gather to Mourn Amir Locke

Hundreds of people gathered in downtown Minneapolis after the killing of Amir Locke, who was shot as police executed a no-knock warrant.

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A protester holds a sign demanding justice for Amir Locke at a rally on Saturday in Minneapolis.
A protester holds a sign demanding justice for Amir Locke at a rally on Saturday in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Christian Monterrosa)

MINNEAPOLIS — Hundreds of people gathered in downtown Minneapolis on Saturday and in another location Sunday night after city police killed Amir Locke, a 22-year-old Black man.

Locke was fatally shot Wednesday after a SWAT team entered his apartment via a no-knock warrant. Locke's parents, Andre Locke and Karen Wells, say their son was killed after being awakened from a deep sleep and reached for a legal firearm in order to protect himself.

See photos below from the weekend.

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People march at a rally for Amir Locke on Saturday in Minneapolis. Hundreds of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis after body camera footage released by the Minneapolis Police Department showed an officer shoot and kill Locke during the use of a no-knock warrant. (AP Photo/Christian Monterrosa)

A protester holds a sign demanding justice for Amir Locke at a rally Saturday in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Christian Monterrosa)
Protesters chant during a racial justice march for Amir Locke in Minneapolis. Community leaders called for reform in the city after Locke was killed by the Minneapolis Police officers during a no-knock raid in which Locke was not the target of a warrant. (Photo by Nathan Howard/Getty Images)
A racial justice march for Amir Locke moves through downtown Minneapolis on Saturday. (Photo by Nathan Howard/Getty Images)
Two protesters embrace at a racial justice rally for Amir Locke in Minneapolis. (Photo by Nathan Howard/Getty Images)
A racial justice march for Amir Locke moves through downtown Minneapolis on Saturday. (Photo by Nathan Howard/Getty Images)
People stand by a cross planted in the boulevard outside homes at the intersection of and Dean Parkway and West 28th Street in Minneapolis on Sunday night. At least 150 demonstrators in a caravan of dozens of cars gathered outside a home thought to be where Interim Minneapolis Police Chief Amelia Huffman resides to call for justice for Amir Locke, who was shot and killed by Minneapolis police the previous week. (Jeff Wheeler/Star Tribune via AP)
Demonstrators listen to Toussaint Morrison while gathered Sunday night near homes at an intersection in Minneapolis. (Jeff Wheeler/Star Tribune via AP)
Demonstrators listen to Toussaint Morrison while gathered Sunday night near homes at an intersection in Minneapolis. (Jeff Wheeler/Star Tribune via AP)

The Associated Press Contributed to this Report.

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