Ryan said the task force used lights and sirens as they boxed in the SUV, wore clearly marked tactical vests and gave numerous commands for Smith to keep his hands visible as he did something with his phone. Marshals Service said at the time that he didn’t comply and “produced a handgun resulting in task force members firing.” Paul, was in a parked SUV when he was shot. “Once an individual initiates a deadly force confrontation, a law enforcement officer does not have to wait to be shot/shot at before reacting.” He said task force members’ actions were reasonable, justified and “in response to an apparent threat of death or great bodily harm.” “Though I am unable to determine who fired first, it is irrelevant in this case,” Ryan wrote.
Ryan said Smith didn’t comply and as task force members tried to enter the SUV, “Smith initiated a deadly force confrontation … by drawing his handgun and firing.” Ryan said task force members were identifiable as law enforcement, told Smith he was under arrest and ordered him out of the vehicle. The central Minnesota prosecutor reviewed the case because prosecutors in the Twin Cities area had conflicts of interest and the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office announced the decision Monday.
Marshals Service task force will not be charged in thefatal shooting of Winston Smith Jr., a Black man who was killed while authorities were trying to arrest him as he sat in an SUV at a Minneapolis parking ramp, a prosecutor announced Monday.Ĭrow Wing County Attorney Don Ryan said in letters dated last Wednesday that the task force members were justified in using deadly force when they shot Smith on June 3 as they tried to detain him for allegedly being a felon in possession of a firearm. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.
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