Police shot and killed carjacking suspect

A man carjacked a taxi driver at gunpoint in Minneapolis on Thursday, which led to a high-speed police chase and ended with police killing the suspect, the Pioneer Press reported.

Jason P. Barsness carjacked the taxi cab, starting the high-speed chase at the Lowry Hill Tunnel, according to the Star Tribune.

Barsness, 28, took control of a Red and White Taxi cab around 5 a.m. in south Minneapolis.

When the taxi driver asked how Barsness was going to pay, Barsness got violent and took over the cab.

Officers Jared Sturgill and Andrew Gibbs shot Barsness, resulting in his death.

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