Minneapolis city leaders are taking steps toward setting rules for cannabis sales.

With licenses expected to be available starting next year, a planning commission is considering where certain types of cannabis businesses can be located in the city. That includes businesses which grow, sell and deliver marijuana.

A current recommendation would ban businesses from operating within 350 feet of K-12 schools, but that distance could increase.

“That’s just showing schools. Again, not showing daycares or parks, or any of those other things that we could space for, but we are not proposing to space for,” said Sara Roman, the Senior City Planner for the City of Minneapolis.

Residents curious about the ongoing discussions can view a presentation about the proposals, and or read the cities’ document.

A zoning plan is expected to be finalized by the end of the summer.

A 39-year-old Bloomington man has been identified as the man fatally shot by police this week in south Minneapolis, the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office said Friday.

Michael Warren Ristow was shot and killed Wednesday by officers responding to reports of a man threatening a person with a gun in the 3000 block of Hiawatha Avenue of the Longfellow neighborhood, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) said in a preliminary report.

The BCA said Ristow had fled police trying to arrest him, then stopped at a fence and “turned toward the officers with a gun in his hand.” The three officers fired, striking Ristow.

According to the medical examiner’s report, Ristow was pronounced dead of “multiple gunshot wounds” just before 10 p.m. at HCMC.

The BCA identified the three officers as Enoch Langford, Abdirizaq Mumin and Chaz Wilson. They were placed on leave pending the investigation as is standard protocol when an officer kills a person in the line of duty.

The BCA said the officers were wearing body cameras, and the video was being reviewed. BCA investigators found cartridge casings and two handguns that were later determined to be stolen, agency spokeswoman Bonney Bowman said.

In a news conference after the shooting, Police Chief Brian O’Hara said Ristow’s gun appeared to have been jammed, but he did not know whether it had been fired.

“I have no reason to think that this is anything other than a justifiable and lawful use of force by police officers,” the chief said.

Ristow did not have a violent criminal record, but it did include three open cases in Hennepin County from 2023: felony fifth-degree possession of fentanyl, misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia and trespassing. In each case, he allegedly possessed drugs or paraphernalia.

This was the second fatal shooting by Minneapolis police in two weeks. On May 30, police shot to death Mustafa Ahmed Mohamed, 35, after he ambushed and killed officer Jamal Mitchell in a confrontation on S. Blaisdell Avenue.

-Star Tribune staff writers Paul Walsh and Louis Krauss contributed to this report.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — The New Haven community is getting ready to say a final farewell to Minneapolis Police Officer Jamal Mitchell, who was killed in the line of duty two weeks ago.

“He’s my hero,” Janet Raper-Edwards said, holding a photo of her son. “He’s my hero. He’s my baby. I’m going to miss him.”

Jamal was killed in the line of duty on May 30. He joined the force less than two years ago.

“You could see it all in his face,” Raper-Edwards said. “He loved what he was doing and was proud of what he was doing.”

Raper-Edwards and her mother, Lillie Raper, shared with News 8 that Mitchell loved his community, was devoted to his family and his faith, and would do anything for anyone, always with a smile.

“His life spoke for him,” Raper said of his grandson. “When you met him, he made such an impression. He told you exactly who he was.”

“When I hear the stories of how the officers were sharing Jamal, how he was with the community, I was a proud mama,” Raper-Edwards said.

He grew up on Lombard Street in New Haven, attending the city’s public schools and the church his great-grandmother founded on Shelton Avenue.

This was home for much of his life and where he’ll be laid to rest on Monday.

“I was so proud to say that’s my son,” Raper-Edwards said. “Does it hurt? Absolutely. It hurts to know I won’t see him on this earth, but I’ll see him again up there.”

Mitchell’s sister described him as the peacekeeper among his six siblings. He was also a father of four with the love of his life, Tory.

“I’m proud of Jamal,” his mother said. “I’m proud of the dad he is. How he just loves his babies.”

During this dark time, there’s light in knowing the impact Mitchell made.

“Well done, Jamal. That’s what I say,” she said. “Job well done, son. We’ll see you soon. See you later.”

On Monday, the procession will leave the McClam Funeral Home, located at 95 Dixwell Ave., at 8:15 a.m., and the route will proceed on Webster Street to Goffe Street, then the Floyd Little Athletic Center at Hillhouse High School on Crescent Street.

Visiting hours will be held from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. The funeral is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m.

Following the funeral, the procession will proceed on Crescent Street to the E.T. Grasso Boulevard and enter the Evergreen Cemetery for a private burial.