A Minnesota state trooper shot and killed a 33-year-old Black motorist during a traffic stop. An ongoing investigation revealed a handgun was found in the back of the vehicle, but “at no point on available video” is the driver seen holding the gun.
In Cobb’s killing, authorities said Seide was monitoring traffic coming out of downtown Minneapolis when he saw a car without taillights on.Troopers pulled over Cobb in his Ford Fusion at about 1:50 a.m., as he drove north on I-94 in Minneapolis, Langer said. Troopers saw there was a request from the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office to pick up and hold Cobb on a felony order for protection violation.Body-cam video shows troopers asking Cobb to get out of his car.
Video shows both troopers tumbling from the car as it drove off. All three then ran back to their cars and drove a quarter-mile until they found Cobb’s car slowing to a stop along the lane divider, state authorities said. The troopers hop out. One trooper asks another to hold Cobb at gunpoint as they apply gauze and tend to Cobb’s injuries. The troopers can be heard saying, “Keep breathing, man. Keep breathing.
At the news conference, Langer declined to answer many questions from reporters, citing the active investigation. Langer and Minnesota DPS Commissioner Bob Jacobson started the news conference by offering their condolences. “The Cobb family has experienced an immense loss and tragedy,” Jacobson said before playing video of the fatal shooting.“I’m very confused and very, very hurt,” said his mother Nyra Fields-Miller.Danielle Pickett, mother of two of Cobb’s children, said she felt the shooting was unnecessary. “It is incredibly sad and disgusting that another life has [been] taken,” she said.
The family’s pastor, the Rev. Madalyn Fields, said Cobb was a good man trying to make his way through life instead of the man everyone has seen gunned down. “Ricky was not that,” she said.“Unfortunately, on that night, he was caught in a situation beyond his control,” she said.
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