Killing of Dolal Idd

Dolal Idd was a 23-year-old Somali-American man who was killed in an exchange of gunfire with Minneapolis police officers at approximately 6:15 p.m. CST on December 30, 2020, after he shot at them from inside the car he was driving. The fatal encounter happened in the U.S. state of Minnesota during a sting operation by local police. Minneapolis police were investigating a person who allegedly sold, and possessed, firearms illegally. Police arranged for a confidential informant to act as a buyer for a semi-automatic pistol. Video captured by a police body camera showed officers attempting to arrest Idd who struck several police vehicles with the car he was driving. After the vehicle driven by Idd was blocked by several police vehicles to prevent escape, Idd fired a handgun from inside the c

Killing of Dolal Idd

Dolal Idd was a 23-year-old Somali-American man who was killed in an exchange of gunfire with Minneapolis police officers at approximately 6:15 p.m. CST on December 30, 2020, after he shot at them from inside the car he was driving. The fatal encounter happened in the U.S. state of Minnesota during a sting operation by local police. Minneapolis police were investigating a person who allegedly sold, and possessed, firearms illegally. Police arranged for a confidential informant to act as a buyer for a semi-automatic pistol. Video captured by a police body camera showed officers attempting to arrest Idd who struck several police vehicles with the car he was driving. After the vehicle driven by Idd was blocked by several police vehicles to prevent escape, Idd fired a handgun from inside the c