Four Minneapolis police officers experienced adverse effects after breathing an unknown airborne substance inside a downtown high rise on Wednesday evening, and more than a day later no agency has said what the substance was.
The exposure happened during the response to a mass shooting at the Shoreline Plaza apartment complex, formerly known as Loring Towers, at 15 East Grant Street near Loring Park. Two people and the suspected shooter died. Three responding officers were injured, two of them by gunfire. According to the City of Minneapolis, the four officers who reported adverse effects were affected separately from the shooting itself; two additional officers were hurt when their squad car crashed while responding, and three other civilians were shot.
