Body-camera footage in the fatal shooting of Amir Locke was released following public outcry and calls for transparency.
Video footage of the fatal police shooting of Amir Locke appears to contradict a Minneapolis police claim that armed officers"loudly and repeatedly announced their presence" before entering the apartment where he was killed.Department officer Mark Hanneman on Wednesday morning at the Bolero Flats apartment building as police carried out a search warrant, according to documents made publicly available by police.
In the video only one such shout is heard before the first armed officer enters. A second officer enters on the second such shout. It said:"Officers gained entry to the target apartment on the seventh floor, loudly and repeatedly announced their presence, crossed the threshold of the apartment, and advanced with continued loud announcements of their presence."
Officers involved obtained both a knock and no-knock warrant, she said,"so that the SWAT team could assess the circumstances and make the best possible decision about entering."Huffman said the officers identified themselves as police before entering and again inside the seventh-floor apartment building.
Huffman told reporters that police made a"split-second decision" to open fire after seeing Locke holding a gun. MPD released a still of the footage showing a gun in Locke's hand.
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