Steven Garcia, as told to Gaby Del Valle:
I was in the middle of a frozen lake when I got the notification from the Minnesota Star Tribune that there had been a shooting. I was on assignment at a pond hockey event, and someone who was supposed to play later that evening said he probably wouldn’t be able to make it — they knew there would be protests and demonstrations happening.
I arrived a little over three hours later. Federal officers had already cleared the scene — the FBI had been there investigating — so the only law enforcement present were state and local officials: the Minneapolis Police Department, their SWAT team, the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office, and the Minnesota State Patrol.
State and local law enforcement stand by after federal officers left the scene of a fatal shooting by federal officers at the intersection of 26th and Nicollett in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Reports say that 37-year-old Alex Pretti was the victim of the fatal shooting by federal officers, who was at the scene as an observer. The incident was captured on video by bystanders. Photo by Steven Garcia / The Verge
Photo by Steven Garcia / The Verge
Photo by Steven Garcia / The Verge
Photo by Steven Garcia / The Verge
Photo by Steven Garcia / The Verge
Photo by Steven Garcia / The Verge
Photo by Steven Garcia / The Verge
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