WATCH: Rioting in Downtown Minneapolis after man shoots himself in the head and FAKE NEWS blames the police

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Riots and looting consumed downtown Minneapolis Wednesday night, thanks to lies spread on social media.

Around 6:00 pm, a man who was a suspect in a murder four hours earlier shot himself in the head on busy Nicollet Mall. Video clearly captures the incident. Several people posted accurate information (WARNING: GRAPHIC VIDEO)

⚠️Trigger warning scroll past if you are sensitive to violence or suicide⚠️Sorry for the sound my phone sucks – he clearly shot himself, the police did not kill him. Minneapolis shooting was not a police related shooting, it was a murder suicide, he killed a man earlier today. pic.twitter.com/iFoEuRqpzK

— (Brie) (@thatgirlmedusa) August 27, 2020

Bu the fake news began:

And the obligatory looting began:

Looting Target to fight police brutality. Someone explain how this helps the cause? pic.twitter.com/z44QoUCVQk

— YDM (@youdaman85) May 28, 2020

And some still blame the police:

The ignorance and anarchy are getting old.