Minneapolis police search for motive after shootings left 2 dead, including officer giving medical help. Here’s what we know

Minneapolis police are searching for motive as they investigate a pair of shootings Thursday night that left two people dead – including an officer hailed as a hero – and also wounded four others.

Minneapolis police are searching for motive as they investigate a pair of shootings Thursday night that left two people dead – including an officer hailed as a hero – and also wounded four others. Minneapolis Officer Jamal Mitchell, 36, was one of two people killed by a gunman who ambushed the officer as he attempted to provide medical assistance to people who were injured, authorities said. The suspect was also killed. Another officer was injured, and authorities later found three other civilians who had been shot, one of whom died at the scene. “There are not words to appropriately describe this tragedy,” Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said Friday morning. “It’s the worst call a police chief can receive.” A Minneapolis police officer and a firefighter suffered non-life-threatening injuries and have since been treated and released, police said. The other two victims include a person who was shot in his vehicle outside of an apartment and another who was found in an apartment, Minneapolis police said. They were still in the hospital Friday afternoon. Across the country, the US has suffered at least 180 mass shootings in just the first five months of this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive. Like CNN, the archive defines a mass shooting as one in which four or more people are shot, not including the shooter.