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The latest shooting happened at a homeless camp in a parking lot that has been at the center of a legal conflict between the owner of the property, Hamoudi Sabri, who opened it up to the homeless in July, and city officials who want it shut down. Sabri has refused to shut down the camp, and earlier this month, the city sued him to try to force its closure. Sabri is facing about $15,000 in citations and fines related to the encampment.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said in a news conference in the hours after the shooting that the city will be "clearing this encampment immediately after the crime scene has been investigated."
"This is way worse that just a nuisance. This is a danger to the community," Frey said.
The city followed through Tuesday morning on Frey's promise to clear the camp, drawing a crowd of dozens of camp residents and protesters, according to the Minnesota Star Tribune. City workers were seen loading bicycles, tents and other belongings in the back of garbage trucks while several people argued with police at the scene, saying they were told they could collect their few belongings before the encampment site was cleared.
Sabri responded with a statement criticizing city leaders for their response to the recent violence, saying the city should provide grief and trauma counselors and an emergency response that would offer hotels and emergency shelter beds for the homeless and those affected by the violence.
"Instead, the Mayor's answer is the same tired move we've seen for years: displacement," Sabri said. "Bulldoze people's tents, fence off their space, and call it leadership. But it isn't leadership. It's an illusion of control designed to make the problem less visible, not less deadly."
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