A police officer and two people were killed in a horrific mass shooting in Minneapolis, Minnesota Thursday.
The dangerous incident broke out in the city’s Whittier neighborhood as police officers were seen between West 22nd and West 24th streets around 5.30 p.m.
Police confirmed the the unidentified suspect is also dead, while another officer was hospitalized and several others were injured.
Two officers and four civilians were shot, but the conditions of the surviving officer was not immediately made clear.
A resident near the scene told 5 Eyewitness News that she heard five ‘loud pops’ go off before she saw people running from a man with a gun.
The woman said that she soon realized that gun shots were being fired and that an army of police officers responded to area and told people to stay inside.
As of 6pm, police