Police arrest man charged with threatening and shooting neighbor in the neck after standoff
A white Minneapolis man accused of shooting and critically injuring his Black neighbor was arrested early Monday following a SWAT standoff after the police department faced backlash for failing to address his escalating threats, which turned violent.
A white Minneapolis man accused of shooting and critically injuring his Black neighbor was arrested early Monday following a SWAT standoff after the police department faced backlash for failing to address his escalating threats, which turned violent.
John Herbert Sawchak, 54, was arrested in connection with the shooting of his neighbor, Davis Moturi, 34, in the neck on Wednesday.
Police admitted they had failed Moturi by failing to prevent Sawchak's ongoing harassment after a number of complaints.
Sawchak surrendered outside his home around 1:30 a.m. ET after a five-hour standoff in which a negotiator used a loudspeaker to urge him to leave his residence and police threatened to use gas.
"Ultimately the individual was safely emerged from the house prior to us needing to insert gas into the house,” Police Chief Brian O’Hara said at a news conference at 2:30 a.m. Monday.
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