Shots Fired at National Guard Troops in Minneapolis; 2 Injured

Some members of the Minnesota National Guard came under gunfire in Minneapolis on April 18 in the midst of the riots, looting, and protests that followed last week’s shooting death of Daunte Wright, officials said. Two suffered minor injuries. A National Guard and Minneapolis police “neighborhood security team was fired upon early Sunday morning in a drive-by shooting near Penn Avenue and Broadway in Minneapolis,” the Guard wrote in a tweet. In another tweet, the Guard said the shooting took place at around 4 a.m. local time, when a “light-colored SUV” approached and someone inside “fired several shots” at a “security team providing neighborhood security.” “No team members were seriously injured,” the account wrote, adding in a separate post that two members received minor injuries. “One Guardsman sustained an injury from shattered glass requiring additional care and was taken to a local hospital to receive treatment. The other Guardsman received …