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Gov. Tim Walz mobilized the Minnesota National Guard on Wednesday night after people looted downtown Minneapolis businesses, in the wake of a homicide suspect shooting himself.
Police released a graphic video, which showed the man’s suicide, after a crowd gathered and believed it was the police who killed the suspect.
“The rumor was that we shot him,” said John Elder, a Minneapolis police spokesman.
The looting began after police say they located a man, who was wanted in connection with a fatal shooting in a nearby parking ramp, about 6 p.m. on Nicollet Mall between Eighth and Ninth streets, according to Elder.
“As officers converged on the suspect, he displayed a weapon and subsequently shot himself,” Elder said. “No officers fired a shot.” People nearby scattered.