NEW: Minneapolis mayor orders an immediate halt to “no-knock” warrants after the fatal shooting of Amir Locke in his home this week.
Locke, 22, was fatally shot by a Minneapolis police officer at 6:48 a.m. Wednesday as officers carried out a warrant related to a homicide investigation in St. Paul, police have said.
Bodycam video appears to show officers using a key to enter the apartment, entering, shouting “search warrant” and warning to get on the ground. It also shows a person partly covered by a blanket rise from a couch with a handgun. “No matter what information comes to light, it won’t change the fact that Amir Locke’s life was cut short,” Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said in aHe said that the only way for officers to execute a warrant is the “knock-and-announce” approach, which includes knocking, announcing, waiting a reasonable amount of time and only then entering.
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