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Minneapolis mass shooting suspect appears in court, 'defund police' under fire after college grad killed
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The 24-year-old suspect charged with murder and attempted murder in the Minneapolis mass shooting last weekend is expected in court Thursday, days after a gun battle outside a nightclub left seven wounded and two dead, including a bystander killed hours before his college graduation.
Surveillance video obtained by police shows "scores of individuals" were standing or walking on the sidewalk in front of Monarch nightclub located at 322 First Ave. N. when the shooting began before 2 a.m. on May 22. The crowd soon "began to franticly flee the area or duck for cover," according to a criminal complaint filed by the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office Wednesday. Johnson, a University of St. Thomas student, and another individuals were not involved with the activities at the club, according to the complaint, and had been walking through the area and had stepped out of an alley and onto the sidewalk just as the shooting began.More Related News