Police killings
2013-2020

Mario Philip Benjamin

Male, Unknown race

Date of the incident: 8/2/2019

Minneapolis, Hennepin, MN
2400 N Emerson Ave

About 2:49 a.m., police said officers encountered Mario Benjamin while responding to two ShotSpotter activations and a report of a person lying in the road. Benjamin allegedly shot and wounded a woman in a domestic violence incident. The officers shot and killed Benjamin after reportedly telling him to drop his weapon.