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More gunfire as Minneapolis calls in other agencies to help restore order
By Paul Walsh Star Tribune
June 23, 2020 — 5:24am
The shock of a mass shooting in Uptown that left one man dead and 11 other people wounded had barely subsided Monday when multiple shootings elsewhere in the city swelled the number of casualties.
On Monday, the day three separate afternoon shootings on the North Side left nine people injured, Mayor Jacob Frey announced details behind a multiagency effort to quell the bloodshed that has persisted over the past several weeks.
Joining the Minneapolis Police Department will be virtually every law enforcement agency within reach: the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office, Metro Transit police, and federal authorities from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the FBI and the Secret Service, according to the mayor.
“The violence and lawlessness that we’ve seen the last few days is not acceptable in any form,†Frey said. “Residents, businesses and all that choose to be in Minneapolis for any reason deserve to feel safe.â€
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