The parents of Amir Locke, a 22-year-old Black man fatally shot by police in a Minneapolis apartment during a no-knock warrant execution, said Friday that he had obtained a gun legally after a conversation with the family, CNN reported.
"He made sure that he did his research, everything was going to be legal," his mother Karen Wells told CNN's Don Lemon, adding that he learned how to use it and obtained a permit.
He begins to try and stand up, still wrapped in blankets, and is seen holding a gun, according to the footage. Three gunshots are then heard from officers. "If you are stopped by the police, make sure that you give them everything that they need and live to see another day. Make sure that you come back home.'"
The deadly shooting of Breonna Taylor, who was also Black, during a warrant service in March 2020 in Louisville, Kentucky, also received national backlash and became central to racial reckoning.Lawyers for Breonna Taylor's family say more body camera footage may exist from night of shooting Andre Locke pointed out that there are several members of the family who are in law enforcement, including a cousin who mentored Amir on gun safety.Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison vowed to conduct a"fair and thorough" investigation, according to a statement.
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