I'm really just scratching my head at this story....could someone in / retired law enforcement chime in?
I want to think 'Keystone Kops' ...a chase suspect grabs an officer's MACHINE GUN during a struggle and shoots not one but 2 cops in the legs. (FMJ or hollowpoint?) and on the way to assist (important call: officer down) a squad car goes through a stop sign (in Uptown, the most densely populated area of the state) and KILLS A GUY ON A MOTORCYCLE and maims his girlfriend.
Is this the same crew that shot up a Hmong family's house and then gave themselves medals?
I expect coverup but don't want to jump the gun here. 2 shot cops with their own MACHINE GUN and a dead civilian....If the cop didn't have his lights / siren on, he needs to find another line of work, even just as an example to other cops that the city isn't some kind of Military Kill Zone.
Why do we have a dead man who leaves behind a spouse with a broken body?
Officers Shot with Own Gun During South Mpls Fight
We are learning more details about what happened after two Minneapolis police officers were shot during a chase with a suspect Friday afternoon.
The suspect has been confirmed dead by police in the shooting happened shortly before 3:30 p.m. Friday at 2717 Bryant Ave. S. No further details were released about the suspect.
According to a source, the two shot officers are SWAT members assigned to warrant service but were not serving a warrant at the time of the incident. They were not on the start of the stolen car chase but were called in after to help search for a burglary suspect.
While at the home, officers first sent a K9 into the basement to flush out the male suspect, according to a source. When officers heard the suspect begin fighting with the canine, four to five officers rushed into the basement to help, according to the source.
The source said it was an all-out brawl and one of the officers involved described the suspect as "crazed."
At some point during the fight, the suspect grabbed a MP5 sub-machine gun that was in a sling around an officer's neck that typically hangs in front of the officer's body across the chest and stomach, and pulled the trigger, according to two well-placed sources.
The two wounded officers were shot with a department-issued gun, the sources said.
The incident started as a suspect in a car fled officers. A foot chase ensued, and the suspect broke into the house, according to Minneapolis Police.
A police squad, that was responding to the scene of the shooting, collided with a motorcycle, said Sgt. Stephen McCarty, police spokesman.
A man on the motorcycle died, and a female passenger was injured. She was in stable condition Friday night, according to police.
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