Minnesota Police Kill Man After Traffic Stop
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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO/CBSDFW.COM) — A man has died after an officer-involved shooting Wednesday night in a Twin Cities suburb, and the aftermath of the gunfire was caught on cell phone video.
WCCO-TV reports that St. Anthony Police confirmed the shooting, which happened near the Minnesota State Fair grounds.
Philando Castile's mother, Valerie Castile, says he died at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis.
St. Anthony Police said in a press release that officers pulled over a vehicle about 9 p.m.
They said "shots were fired" during the traffic stop, and a handgun was recovered at the scene.
Castile's family says his girlfriend, Diamond Reynolds, and her daughter were in the car at the time. Reynolds was taken into custody Wednesday night.
A video circulating on Facebook, which was pulled from the site before midnight, was filmed by Reynolds and appears to show the aftermath of the shooting.
The girlfriend says in the video that they were pulled over for a broken tail light. Police asked her boyfriend for his license and registration, and he informed them that he had a firearm in his possession, and a conceal-and-carry permit.
She says in the video that an officer shot her boyfriend four times.
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