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Peter Cox

Passenger says Winston Smith did not have a gun

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An attorney for a woman who says she was in Winston Smith's vehicle when he was killed says she did not see a gun on him.  Smith was fatally shot last week in Minneapolis by two sheriff's deputies working with a federal task force trying to arrest him. This is the evening MPR News update for Thursday, June 10, 2021. Hosted by Nina Moini. Theme music by Gary Meister.