Dolal Idd, 23, was killed in a shootout with police.
Protesters took to the streets on Thursday after police shot the death of 23-year-old Dolal Idd in the same neighborhood where George Floyd died in May.
“We are angry now, we are frustrated now, because we said ‘No’ after George Floyd was killed, but it didn’t take long for another body to fall,” protester Jaylani Hussein told Minneapolis ABC affiliate KSTP Thursday night. -market.
Idd’s death is the first at the hands of the Minneapolis police since Floyd died on May 25, sparking protests across the country for police reform and racial equality.
Idd was killed on Wednesday night in a shootout with Minneapolis Police Department police during a traffic stop. Police say Idd was suspected of a crime.
The body camera video released to the public within 24 hours showed the police repeatedly ordering Idd to “stop his car”. Police cars stopped in Idd’s white car before the driver’s window crashed and the police fired on the car, the video shows.
“When I saw the video that everyone is watching … it looks like the individual inside the vehicle fired his weapon at the vehicle first,” MPD chief Medaria Arradondo said on Thursday. He also said that witnesses confirmed that the suspect shot first.
Arradondo said MPD police were conducting an investigation of “probable cause” weapons, which resulted in traffic stopping at a gas station. Arradondo said he did not know if there was an arrest warrant for Idd.
Idd was pronounced dead at the scene. The woman he was in the car with and the police at the scene were not injured.
A gun was recovered at the scene, officials said.
Protesters are demanding more details and more video in addition to the 28 seconds of footage that were released. Others are questioning whether the police could have done more to lessen the situation.
The Minnesota Criminal Seizure Department is leading the investigation into the incident. Arradondo said he expects more videos of the shooting to be released during the course of the investigation.
Arradondo said he met with members of Idd’s family and allowed them to view images from the body’s camera before they were made public.
The names of the officers involved in the incident have not yet been released.
When asked if police officers were justified in shooting the vehicle, Arradondo said his officers are “trained to respond” when they are “experiencing shots”.
Arradondo also said he wants to protect everyone’s right to demonstrate peacefully, but says the city “cannot allow destructive criminal behavior”.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on Thursday acknowledged the “raw emotion” that Minneapolis is experiencing and said that “the details of what happened last night do not deny the tragedy of yesterday’s death”.
Will McDuffie of ABC News contributed to this report.