In a recent incident in Minneapolis, local police officers found themselves responding to a call that struck a chord of fear in the heart of the community – a man discharging a firearm into the air. According to the Minneapolis Police Department’s social media post, the incident happened near 24th Street & Chicago Avenue, where the suspect was reported to be “yelling in the street and firing a gun into the air.”
The Minneapolis Police Department credited their 3rd Precinct officers with de-escalating, the potentially deadly situation. “Our officers responded to just that near 24th Street & Chicago Avenue—a man was reportedly yelling in the street and firing a gun into the air,” the department shared on their Facebook page. Owing to the “quick thinking and teamwork” of the responding officers, the man was apprehended and safely taken into custody without injury to himself, the officers, or any bystanders…