Minneapolis Police are sharing the body cam footage and more information about an officer involved shooting last week.
Both Mayor Jacob Frey and interim Police Chief Amelia Huffman spoke to the family of 20-year old Andrew Tekle Sundberg, who police shot last Thursday at an apartment in the Seward Neighborhood of south Minneapolis. Police say they were called there on a report of shots fired in the building.
“This is not an outcome that anyone wanted," Mayor Frey said. "My deepest condolences go out to the family of Mr. Sunberg.”
Both Huffman and Frey said they would not comment on the timing of the shooting due to the ongoing BCA investigation. Huffman did say they made multiple attempts to contact Tekle Sundberg without success in ending the standoff.
The body-cam video that was shared lasted approximately 15 minutes. It included a timeline of what happened, and police trying to enter the building. There are portions of the video that showed police evacuating people from the apartment including young children.
Once there they found a man had shot through a wall into another apartment where a woman and her two children were rescued.
Around 10:00p.m. the Minneapolis SWAT team arrived as more shots were fired in the building.
Tekle Sundberg then held police at bay in a standoff that lasted more than six hours. Why the standoff lasted that long, and why police shot him after that amount of time are still unanswered questions following Wednesday's press conference.
At 4:16 a.m. Minneapolis police officers tried to get Tekle Sundberg to come out saying, "We're not going anywhere. Come out of the apartment with your hands up, you're under arrest. We're not going to hurt you. We all want to go home."
The video then shows the two snipers on the roof with one of them saying "Gun" into his radio. There are then a couple of shots fired.
Minneapolis Police spokesman Howie Padilla concluded by saying they still don't have clear video of Tekle Sundberg being shot, but they do know residents or media could have video that would assist in the investigation. Padilla says they are hopeful anyone with evidence would turn that over to the BCA.
Police did release the name of the officers involved, as Aaron Pearson and Zachary Seraphine but parts of a 26-page incident report have been fully redacted. The officers involved are on paid administrative leave according to an MPD spokesperson.
Search warrants say Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension investigators recovered a pistol with an extended magazine and several bullet casing from Sundberg's apartment. The BCA is investigating the latest police killing in Minneapolis.
The state police union is urging people to not rush to judgment until all of the facts are released.
Protests took place last Saturday outside the apartment building where Tekle Sundberg was shot by police. Investigators had said they could not release more information until they had gone through the hours of body cam footage.
WARNING: Below video contains unedited footage from police body cameras and some graphic content.
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