A judge will rule Monday on a temporary restraining order request by the City of Minneapolis to prevent a homeless encampment from returning to private property near Lake and 28th Avenue South.
Hamoudi Sabri owns the property, which for the past couple of months has been the center of a legal battle.
That came to a head Monday night with a mass shooting at the camp, injuring several people.
The violence prompted the city to clear the encampment the next day.
Sabri has reportedly promised not to reopen the camp until the judge's ruling, but criticized leaders for how they handled Tuesday's closure.
Both Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, and Police Chief Brian O'Hara said the camp was not sanitary, and not safe.
"I understand people's perspective, to have mercy on people who are suffering and that are not as well off as we are," O'Hara told WCCO's Chad Hartman on Wednesday. "And of course we have to have that. But at the same time we have to recognize reality. Like these large permissive environments are contributing to these people's own demise."
"These encampments regularly end with tragedy, with shootings, with fires, and preventable deaths," added Mayor Frey.
Some Minneapolis City Council members, while still critical of how the mayor and police handled the camp's closure and thought they should have been more "proactive," did say the city code is clear that any encampments are illegal even if on private property.
"We're setting up a disaster for our community," says Council member Jamal Osman. "Our council job is allocate resources and help those folks that need help. To enforce, work with other government agencies. It falls under the mayor's jurisdiction."