Protesters occupied the premises of Minneapolis’ 4th Precinct police headquarters, near where Clark was shot, shortly after his death. None of the five suffered life-threatening injuries.
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Police department Deputy Chief Medaria Arradondo told the newspaper three gunshot victims were taken to a hospital.
The incident took place about a block away from the Minneapolis Police Department 4th Precinct, the site of a more than week-long encampment of Black Lives Matter protesters and local activists angered by the shooting death of Clark, 24.
No one has been arrested thus far in connection to the crime.
A witness said one man wore a mask.
In a statement released early Tuesday through U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison’s office, Clark’s family thanked protesters for their “incredible support” but asked, in light of the shootings, that the demonstration outside the precinct offices end and protesters move “onto the next step”.
There are no suspects in custody at this time, as the attackers fled after the shooting.
According to the source, the suspects were believed to be three white men wearing bulletproof vests.
The shootings came just three days after a Black Lives Matter protester was beaten and kicked by Donald Trump supporters at an Alabama campaign rally, and the Republican candidate said afterward the demonstrator was “disgusting” and arguably “should have been roughed up”.
“Dozens of officers responded nearly immediately attending to victims and secured the scene”, the police statement said early Tuesday. They later came back and fired into the crowd six times, witnesses said.
Five protesters are hospitalized after a shooting in Minneapolis Monday night, according to police. Police said their initial information showed the man, a suspect in an assault, was not handcuffed.
Ten-year-old Ze’Morion Dillon-Hokin witnessed police shoot Clark and his mother said her son has been severely traumatized by the incident. Police say Clark was in the process of getting control of one of an officer’s gun when he was shot once in the head.
An investigation is now underway to determine whether Mr Clark’s rights were intentionally violated by police through excessive force. The BCA has said it also has video from a mobile police camera, public housing cameras and citizens’ cellphones, but that none of it shows the event in its entirety.
Black Lives Matter plans to announce its “next steps” Tuesday afternoon following a weekend meeting with community members about strategy.
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Dayton has said he has urged that tapes be provided to Clark’s family and released publicly when they would not jeopardize a USA investigation.
