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Dolal Idd, 23, was killed in a shootout with police.
Protesters took to the streets on Thursday following the shooting death of 23-year-old Dolal Idd in the same neighborhood where George Floyd died in May.
“We’re angry right now, we’re frustrated right now, because we said ‘No’ after George Floyd was killed, but it wasn’t long before another body fell,” Protester Jaylani Hussein, a Minneapolis ABC affiliate, told KSTP Thursday night.
Idd’s death is the first at the hands of Minneapolis police since Floyd’s death on May 25, sparking protests across the country for police reform and racial equality.
Idd was killed Wednesday night in a shootout with officers from the Minneapolis Police Department during a traffic stop. Police say Idd was a suspect in a crime.
Body camera video released within 24 hours showed police repeatedly ordered Idd to “stop your car”. Police squad cars are locked in Idd’s white car before the driver’s window shatters and the police shoot at the car, the video shows.
“When I watched the video that everyone is watching … it seems that the individual inside the vehicle fired his gun at the vehicle first,” MPD chief Medaria Arradondo said Thursday. He also said witnesses confirmed the suspect fired first.
Arradondo said MPD officers conducted a “probable cause” weapons investigation, which resulted in traffic stopping at a gas station. Arradondo said he did not know if there was an arrest warrant for Idd.
Idd was pronounced dead at the scene. The woman he was with in the car and the officers at the scene were not injured.
A weapon was recovered from the scene, officials said.
Protesters are demanding more details and more videos beyond the 28 seconds of footage that has been posted. Others wonder if the police could have done more to defuse the situation.
The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is investigating the incident. Arradondo said he expects more video of the shoot to be released during the investigation.
Arradondo said he met Idd’s family members and allowed them to view the body camera images before they were released to the public.
The names of the officers involved in the incident have not yet been released.
When asked if the officers were justified in shooting at the vehicle, Arradondo said his officers are “trained to react” when “they are shot”.
Arradondo also said he wanted to protect everyone’s right to protest peacefully, but said the city “cannot allow destructive criminal behavior.”
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on Thursday acknowledged the “raw emotion” in Minneapolis and said “the details of what happened last night do not negate the tragedy of yesterday’s death.”
ABC News’ Will McDuffie contributed to this report.
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