The Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot an armed 22-year-old Amir Locke during a SWAT raid on a downtown apartment in early February will not be charged with a crime, Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman and Attorney General Keith Ellison announced Wednesday.
“After a thorough review of all available evidence … there is insufficient admissible evidence to file criminal charges in this case,” a statement from Freeman and Ellison read.
A video released shortly after the shooting Feb. 2 showed several SWAT officers rushing into the Bolero Flats Apartment Homes, at 1117 S. Marquette Av. about 7 a.m. while shouting “Search warrant!” in connection with a homicide investigation in St. Paul that did not involve Locke.
