MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis police say surveillance video of a shooting outside of a downtown bar earlier this month helped them apprehend the suspect just minutes after he fled the scene.
Video of the shooting, released to WCCO by the city police department, shows a man with a gun shooting into a crowd of people in a downtown Minneapolis parking lot near Hennepin Avenue and 5th Street.
“We have a great camera system that we have because we are able to watch and react before something happens,” Police Chief Brian O’Hara said.
O’Hara added it was officer awareness and reaction that led to an arrest. The officer who was working the camera zoomed in to see the man grab a gun from an SUV in the parking lot before reapproaching the crowd.
[NOTE: Video below shows the scene of the shooting. The MPD blurred faces to protect the privacy of the innocent.]
“Because of the plan that’s in place here … as he tried to pull out of this lot right away the officers got behind him and they stopped him at the next corner,” O’Hara said.