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 A 23-year-old white man was arrested before midday in the
Minneapolis suburb of Bloomington and two men aged 26 and 21, both
white, turned themselves in and were later arrested, police said.
A fourth man, whom police arrested near midday, was released after
investigators determined he had not been at the scene of the
shooting, which happened late Monday about a block from the protest
over the shooting of Jamar Clark, police said.
"As I said before, we are sparing no efforts to bring any and all
those responsible to justice," Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges said.
Authorities said they will release suspects' names if charges are
filed. A spokesman said the Hennepin County Attorney's Office was
waiting for a case to be presented for consideration.
Police were looking for three white male suspects in the shooting
late on Monday near the police station where protests have been held
since Clark, 24, was fatally shot on Nov. 15, Minneapolis police
said in a statement.
 None of the wounds in the Monday shooting of demonstrators were
life-threatening, police said.
Miski Noor, representing Black Lives Matter Minneapolis, said on
Tuesday that four men wearing masks approached the site where
demonstrators have been encamped protesting Clark's killing. When
the masked men wouldn't identify themselves, Black Lives Matter
protesters escorted them away, but about a half a block from there,
they opened fire on the demonstrators.
Kyle Loven, a spokesman for the Federal Bureau of Investigation in
Minneapolis, said on Tuesday the FBI was aware of the incident, was
coordinating with Minneapolis police and would determine whether
federal action was appropriate.
He declined to say whether the FBI was investigating the shooting as
a possible hate crime. The agency said the public release of videos
and other evidence as demonstrators have sought would be detrimental
to the investigation.
Clark's brother, Eddie Sutton, said in a statement that in light of
the shootings, his family believed the demonstrations at the police
station should end "out of imminent concern for the safety of the
occupiers."
Hundreds of demonstrators marched to city hall in downtown
Minneapolis from the station on Tuesday afternoon in a rally that
stopped traffic along the way and then dispersed peacefully.
DEMONSTRATORS VOW TO CONTINUE
Activists said Monday's shooting has not shaken the group's resolve.
"We will not bow to fear or intimidation," Black Lives Matter's Noor
said at a rally by the police precinct building.
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Pastor Danny Givens Jr. of Above Every Name Church said the
demonstrators would not be scared away. "We ain't going nowhere," he
said, using a bullhorn. "This is our precinct.
"We ain't scared of domestic terrorists," added Givens, who is the
clergy liaison for Black Lives Matter.
Questions have been raised whether Clark was handcuffed when he was
shot, which police have denied. Protesters have demanded that
authorities release videos of the Nov. 15 incident.
Clark died the next day from a gunshot wound to the head. The
officers involved are on leave.
On Monday, Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton said he reviewed video
footage taken from the back of an ambulance and said it does not
appear to show conclusively what happened in Clark's shooting.
Authorities have said there was no video of the shooting from police
dashboard or body cameras, but investigators are reviewing video
from business and security cameras in the area, as well as
witnesses' cellphones.
A police union representative has said Clark grabbed one officer's
gun, although the weapon remained in its holster.
Clark's shooting comes at a time of heightened debate in the United
States over police use of lethal force, especially against black
people. Over the past year, protests against killings of unarmed
black men and women - some videotaped with phones or police cameras
- have rocked a number of U.S. cities.
(Additional reporting by Brendan O'Brien in Milwaukee and Ben
Klayman in Detroit; editing by Alan Crosby and Cynthia Osterman)
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