Local sheriffs have ended their work with the U.S. Investigators say there is no body camera or squad camera footage and are unaware of any surveillance video. Marshals Service task force shot and killed Winston Boogie Smith, Jr., in the afternoon on June 3, 2021, during what they say was an attempted arrest on a weapons. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said in June that it would not release the sheriff’s deputies’ names because they were working undercover. The lawsuit says Askar never acted suspiciously or violently during the entire encounter with police and was never warned about what was happening.Įarlier in July, Askar through her attorneys said officers did not identify themselves as authorities when they surrounded Smith’s car with guns drawn. Askar’s attorneys say she was hurt from flying glass and suffers emotionally from what she experienced. The lawsuit alleges Askar and Smith were leaving a lunch date on June 3 in Uptown when two plainclothes deputies shot into their parked car.

Marshals Service that led the task force whose officers fatally shot Smith. The attorneys filed a separate $15 million federal tort complaint against the U.S. The woman who was with Winston Smith on June 3 when law enforcement killed him during an attempted arrest at a Minneapolis parking ramp is taking legal action.Īttorneys for Norhan Askar filed a lawsuit in Hennepin County District Court against the Hennepin and Ramsey county sheriff’s offices.

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