What I think I know: At about 2:00pm police responded to a Somali man, walking down Franklin Ave, near Chicago. He was carrying a machete and a crowbar and did not respond to police attempts to get him to put down the machete and crowbar. Police used a tazer (a kind of an electric stun gun) in an attempt to immobilize him, but multiple attempts failed to subdue him. He was shot multiple times by the police; the actual number of shots is unknown to me at this time.
The incident is being investigated by the Hennepin County Sheriff's Dept. I will be meeting with the mayor and others tomorrow morning. I will be at the press conference at 9:00am tomorrow. I have asked staff to help me get an agenda item on the Public Safety and Regulatory Services Committee's next meeting regarding police firearms' discharge policy. I just read the S'trib article by reporters Estrada & Kumar and it seems to be accurate according to all I know. Dean Zimmermann Mpls City Council Member - Ward 6 612-673-2206 ----- Original Message ----- From: "R.T.Rybak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Eva Young" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2002 9:55 PM Subject: [Mpls] Today's shooting > I have been briefed by the police today and have set up a meeting with > representatives of the Somali community in the Mayor's office tomorrow noon. > > If anyone has information about this that they feel I should have please > email it to me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _______________________________________ > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: > http://e-democracy.org/mpls _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
