Claims extracted
20
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
20%
4 of 20 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
59/100
The Independent's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
3
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Dramatic video released Wednesday shows the moment two Minneapolis police officers were shot after racing to the ninth floor of an apartment building where a gunman had killed two people and wounded three others.
asserted
gunman → release → others
Footage released by the City of Minneapolis shows officers moving through the building earlier this month as they attempted to secure it with residents still trapped inside.
asserted
residents → release → it
Officers are seen approaching a victim lying in a hallway when gunman Carlton Johnson suddenly emerges from around a corner and draws a handgun.
asserted
Johnson → see → handgun
Officer Joseph Michnowski is struck and runs back down the hallway as more shots ring out.
asserted
shots → strike → hallway
“Shooter’s on the ninth floor.
asserted
Shooter → ’ → floor
I took some rounds,” Michnowski says over his radio before raising a visibly shaking left hand.
asserted
Michnowski → take → hand
Other officers, separated from Michnowski, shout from a stairwell: “Joe, are you OK?”
asserted
you → separate → stairwell
Moments later, Officer Yahye Mahmed Ahmed is seen standing on the stairwell landing with his gun pointed toward the hallway when another burst of gunfire erupts.
asserted
burst → see → gunfire
Smoke fills the doorway and officers scramble back down the stairs.
asserted
officers → fill → stairs
“Oh, I got hit,” Ahmed yells.
asserted
Ahmed → hit → ?
Johnson was later shot and killed by police.
asserted
Johnson → shoot → police
The violence began outside the apartment building during a planned child custody handoff, according to Drew Evans, superintendent of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
uncertain
violence → begin → Apprehension
Johnson allegedly shot and wounded a woman believed to be the mother of his child.
uncertain
Johnson → shoot → child
The child was not injured.
asserted
child → injure → ?
Authorities said Johnson then shot and wounded two building employees before taking an elevator to the ninth floor, where he fatally shot two residents.
asserted
he → say → residents
Police subsequently encountered Johnson and killed him.
asserted
Police → encounter → him
Investigators have said it remains unclear whether the two residents were deliberately targeted or happened to encounter Johnson in the hallway.
uncertain
residents → say → hallway
The building’s owners had been attempting to evict Johnson, who had previously threatened neighbors and warned that he planned to shoot people, according to residents, court documents and law enforcement officials.
uncertain
he → attempt → residents
At least one person had sought a restraining order against him.
asserted
person → seek → him
Police also investigated Johnson in June over allegations that he displayed a weapon, but the county attorney’s office declined to file charges.
asserted
office → investigate → charges
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