The names of the two Minneapolis police officers involved in the fatal shooting of 24-year-old Jamar Clark were released Wednesday by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA).
The officers, identified as Mark Riggenberg and Dustin Schwarze, are both seven-year veterans with 13 months of experience in the Minneapolis department, reported the Associated Press. Their race has yet to be released because it's private under state law.
Both officers are currently on standard administrative leave in light of the recent shooting.
Clark was shot a little after midnight on Sunday during an altercation with Minneapolis police outside an apartment on the 1600 block of Plymouth Avenue North, reported FOX's Minneapolis affiliate KMSP-TV. Preliminary reports indicate that he died Monday night of a gunshot wound to the head, but it's still unclear how many times he was shot.
Authorities didn't find any weapons at the scene but did find handcuffs there, prompting investigators to try to determine whether Clark was handcuffed at the time of the shooting. Police said Clark was handcuffed, but protesters have disputed that.
As the investigation carries on, state investigators have only obtained videos that show parts of the incident because there is no dashcam or body camera video. As a result, the BCA is asking anyone who witnessed or captured the video to contact it, according to CNN.
The investigation has been given top priority, and is expected to take two to four months. Once complete, the BCA will present its findings to the Hannepin County attorney's office for review and will determine how to proceed from there.
The FBI is also investigating the case.
