Officer Kills Armed Man In Brooklyn Park

Police in a Twin Cities suburb say an officer fatally shot a man who was carrying a rifle and walking down the middle of the street.

 

 

 

 

BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. (AP) - Police in a Twin Cities suburb say an officer fatally shot a man who was carrying a rifle and walking down the middle of the street.

Brooklyn Center Police Chief Kevin Benner says officers were called to the scene about 8:30 p.m. Thursday. He says the first officer on the scene was "forced to shoot the suspect," who died at the scene. Benner provided no specific details.

A group of about 60 neighbors gathered at the scene of the shooting.

 

AP

   

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