Gunman Dead After Shooting Two Cops At Minnesota City Hall

The shooting was captured on a video camera filming a city council meeting in the town of New Hope. "Get down!" one council member said to several others.

A gunman is dead after shooting and injuring two police officers at a Minnesota city hall during a city council meeting.

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Tue Jan 27 14:12:39 UTC+0000 2015

Some of the incident was captured on a video camera that was filming the city council meeting in the town of New Hope.

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In it, the members of the city council are seen hurrying under their desks after the shots ring out. One of the councilmen yells at his colleagues to get down, and draws a gun.

The councilman, John Elder, is a member of the Minneapolis Police Department, according to KARE.

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The gunman was shot and killed after he opened fire on a group of police officers leaving the city hall after a swearing-in ceremony, the Hennepin County Sheriff's Department told BuzzFeed News.

Two officers were injured by the gunfire but have since been released from the hospital, the department said.