Police-involved shooting in Brooklyn Center connected to double homicide in Minneapolis

A man shot and killed in a police-involved shooting in Brooklyn Center appears to be connected to a double homicide in Minneapolis. 

Police and ambulance on the scene following an officer-involved shooting in Brooklyn Center. Photo: Screen capture from Nekima Levy-Armstrong Facebook page

According to Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara, earlier in the afternoon, a man who was recently released from custody on a gun charge arrived at a relative’s home on Irving Avenue North in Minneapolis and shot and killed two occupants, a man in his 20s and a 14-year-old boy, both of whom are reported to be related to the suspect. Later, that man encountered police in Brooklyn Center, where he was shot. 

According to Brooklyn Center authorities, police were called on a report of a man waving a gun in the area. The man shot by police was pronounced dead at an area hospital.

Eyewitness Nekima Levy-Armstrong said several shots were fired by officers, who encountered the man in Shingle Creek Crossing near an IHOP and Cub Foods. Police said in a statement that the suspect exchanged gunfire with officers.

The Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) is investigating the incident.