The 22-year-old was fatally shot by a SWAT team officer during an early morning no-knock search warrant in February. Locke was not the target of the warrant and was armed with a gun, which he was licensed to carry
Minnesota prosecutors declined to file charges Wednesday against a Minneapolis police SWAT team officer who fatally shot Amir Locke while executing an early morning no-knock search warrant in a downtown apartment in February.
Locke was shot just seconds after officers entered the apartment. The body camera footage shows that Locke was holding a gun before he was shot. His family said he did not live in the apartment and the warrant – connected to a homicide in St. Paul – did not name him as a suspect. Locke’s family was angry that police initially described him as a suspect, which police later said was a mistake.
The video shows an officer kicking a sectional sofa, and Locke is seen wrapped in a comforter, holding a pistol. Three shots are heard and the video ends.
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