Minnesota AG to join investigation of fatal police shooting

In this image taken from Minneapolis Police Department body camera video and released by the city of Minneapolis, 22-year-old Amir Locke wrapped in a blanket on a couch holding a gun moments before he was fatally shot by Minneapolis police as they were executing a search warrant in a homicide investigation on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, in Minneapolis. Authorities have not said if Locke was connected to the homicide investigation or named in the warrant. (Minneapolis Police Department via AP)

By STEVE KARNOWSKI and AMY FORLITI Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota’s attorney general will join the review of the fatal shooting of a Black man by Minneapolis police as they served a search warrant. Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman said Friday that he asked Attorney General Keith Ellison to review events surrounding Wednesday’s killing of Amir Locke.

SWAT team members were serving a search warrant in a downtown apartment building when they entered an apartment shortly before 7 a.m. Body camera video released late Thursday shows officers using a key to enter the apartment, loudly identifying themselves and kicking a sofa where Locke was under a blanket.

As Locke emerges with a gun in his hand, three shots are heard. The city’s police chief has acknowledged that Locke wasn’t named in the search warrant.