BCA releases new details in shooting that killed Minneapolis police officer Jamal Mitchell

The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension on Sunday released more details about the shooting in south Minneapolis last week that left three people dead, including an officer.

BCA said Minneapolis police officer Jamal Mitchell was the first to arrive on the scene after responding to a report of a double shooting near 22nd Street and Blaisdell Avenue.

Mitchell told the radio that he saw two injured men in the street. The BCA said one of the men was the suspected shooter, 35-year-old Mustafa Ahmed Mohamed. BCA said the other person was a bystander who was shot and whose name was not released.

BCA said Mitchell got out of his car and approached Mohamed, who was sitting next to a parked vehicle.

“Mitchell asked Mohamed if he was injured and if he needed help. Without warning, Mohamed pulled out a handgun and shot Mitchell at point-blank range. Mitchell fell to the ground, incapacitated,” the BCA statement said.

MPD Officers Nick Kapinos and Luke Kittock arrived on scene and saw Mohamed shoot Mitchell, according to the BCA report. They returned fire, shooting Mohamed. He died at the scene. Officer Mitchell died at the hospital.

The BCA is investigating this shooting and a related shooting: a homicide at an apartment building about a block from where Mitchell was shot. Osman Said Jimale, 32, was shot to death in an apartment at 2221 Blaisdell Avenue. Mitchell was shot outside 2109 Blaisdell Avenue.

The agency is reviewing body camera footage as well as police cruiser footage as part of the investigation. He will present his findings without making recommendations to the Hennepin County Attorney's Office.

The BCA said the bystander who was shot remains hospitalized in critical but stable condition. A Minneapolis firefighter was also treated for his injuries.