Protests have erupted in Minneapolis after a 24-year-old African-American man was shot over the weekend by Minneapolis police, according to officials.
The man, identified by family members as Jamar Clark, died a day later after being taken off life support, his family told ABC affiliate KSTP .
The shooting happened on Sunday shortly after 12:45 a.m., when "officers responded to an assault call, which was quickly changed to a health call as the suspect involved in the assault confronted paramedics," Minneapolis Police Chief Janeé Harteau said at a news conference Sunday.
Witness Nekelia Sharp told KSTP that Clark "didn't resist" and "did not fight back" police.
"There was no struggle and he was in handcuffs when he [police] shot that young man," she said, adding that after police shot Clark, they took him out of handcuffs and, as KSTP put it, "shoved" witnesses back into their apartments.
