Smith was sentenced to two years in prison, but the prison sentence was stayed for three years, provided he didn’t break the law. Smith pleaded guilty to one count of aiding and abetting first-degree aggravated robbery for attacking his ex-girlfriend while another woman took her purse. The felony stems from a 2017 assault and robbery of Smith’s ex-girlfriend. “You’re supposed to be highly trained men, and you can’t handle a simple situation?”Īccording to online court records, Smith was wanted for allegedly being a felon in possession of a firearm in 2019. You don’t even give him a chance to get out. “You’ve got seven unmarked cars and you shoot a man in his car. Smith also questioned the police account of what happened.
”(People) always try to pin something on a man and try to identify him as a criminal, especially if he’s Black.” “This man had a family, and he’s just like anybody else,” said Kidale Smith, Winston Smith’s brother. At an evening news conference outside the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, family members and activists said they don’t believe there is no video.ĭepartment of Public Safety spokesman Bruce Gordon said no surveillance video has been identified, but authorities are still investigating. Hughes said he didn’t know Smith to carry a gun, and Hopkins also said she didn’t know that he had one.įamily and friends demanded transparency and called for the release of all footage from security and surveillance cameras in the area along with information about the officers involved. Waylon Hughes, a close friend of Smith, told reporters that Smith loved music, writing comedy skits and posting them on social media. Marshals Service said that while deputy marshals do not wear body cameras, the Department of Justice permits state, local and tribal task force officers to do so. The Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said the U.S Marshals Service does not allow officers on its North Star Fugitive Task Force to use body cameras and there is no squad camera footage of the shooting. State investigators said Smith’s passenger, a 27-year-old woman, was treated for injuries from glass debris. The state investigators also said evidence indicates Smith fired his gun, saying a handgun and spent cartridge were found inside the car. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said Friday that two sheriff’s deputies - one from Hennepin County and one from Ramsey County - fired their weapons, striking Smith. The Marshals Service said in a statement Thursday that Smith, who was in a parked vehicle, didn’t comply with law enforcement and “produced a handgun resulting in task force members firing upon the subject.” Marshals Fugitive Task Force were trying to arrest Smith on a warrant for allegedly being a felon in possession of a gun, authorities said.
He had the best heart out of anybody I’ve ever met in my life.” “I wasn’t there.” she said of Thursday’s shooting. Shelly Hopkins, who was in a longtime relationship with Smith, told The Associated Press that despite any mistakes Smith has made, he didn’t deserve to be killed. MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Authorities said Friday that a man wanted on a weapons violation fired a gun before deputies fatally shot him in Minneapolis, a city on edge since George Floyd’s death more than a year ago under an officer’s knee and the more recent fatal police shooting of Daunte Wright in a nearby suburb.įamily and friends identified the man killed Thursday as Winston Boogie Smith Jr., a 32-year-old father of three.
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