Person hospitalized after exchanging gunfire with Minneapolis police
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Updated: 6:49 p.m.
A person was hospitalized Thursday following a gunfire exchange with Minneapolis police officers who were responding to a 911 call about someone pointing a gun.
Their injuries appear to be non-life-threatening; no officers were injured, the department said.
As officers arrived near Lowry and Logan Avenues on the city’s north side, the person drove away, crashing a short time later near Dowling and Vincent Avenues, according to police spokesperson John Elder.
Elder said the person exchanged gunfire with police but that officers were able to use “less-lethal” weapons to end the confrontation after the shooting stopped. Police later clarified officers used “40mm rubber rounds and bean bags.”
“Weapons were recovered from the suspect vehicle,” he said, adding that the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is handling the investigation, which is department protocol.
Officers had their body cameras on, and the cameras were working, Elder said.
KARE 11 reported earlier Thursday that police believe the person’s injury is a gunshot wound.
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