A 36-year-old Minneapolis police officer is dead, as are another person and the suspected shooter, after an exchange of gunfire Thursday evening in south Minneapolis, according to statements from police and public officials.
A second police officer, a firefighter, a bystander and another person also were wounded in the chaotic scene that unfolded in and around an apartment building in the 2200 block of Blaisdell Avenue, in Minneapolis' Whittier neighborhood, officials said.