A mother in Minneapolis was caught on film confronting Black Lives Matter demonstrators who had gathered in her neighbourhood to protest the deadly police shooting of a gunman who she alleged tried to kill her and her children.

Arabella Foss-Yarbrough phoned police last Wednesday night after her neighbour Andrew “Tekle” Sundberg allegedly discharged his gun into her home while she was cooking supper for her children, leaving bullet holes in her front door, and walls, and above her bathroom sink, according to photographs.

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After an extended standoff, two Minneapolis police snipers shot him dead Thursday morning. According to the New York Post, a revolver with an extended magazine and multiple gunshot casings were discovered in his residence.

“This is not a George Floyd situation. George Floyd was unarmed. This is not OK,” according to the footage, Foss-Yarbrough fired at demonstrators who came on Saturday for a march and rally in support of the guy. “He tried to kill me in front of my kids.”

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Ignoring the mother’s pleas for calm on her street, the demonstrators said wrong had been done and remembered Sundberg’s death by laying candles and flowers around his chalked name on the sidewalk, according to images obtained by the Star Tribune.

As she described the panic she and her children felt as gunshots blasted into their home, one demonstrator can be heard warning Foss-Yarbrough, “this is not the time.”

Trahern Crews, the executive director of BLM Minnesota, joined the march to demand openness from police.

“We’re here to respect life, demand justice, and we’re demanding the release of the body cam footage,” according to the Star Tribune, Crews stated.

As she addressed the activists, Foss-Yarbrough was nearly in tears, enraged that they could protect someone who she said tried murder on her family.

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“I can’t get my items because you guys are celebrated his life,” the mother screamed through her tears. “This is not ok. My kids have to deal with this and probably have a mental illness now. Because they almost lost their lives. There’s bullet holes in my kitchen because he sat in the f–king hallway watching me move.”

The mother, who was of mixed ethnicity, appeared to be outraged that the demonstrators were pushing for the gunman’s life but not for hers and her children’s.

“I have Black children; I am a woman of color!” she stated. “If I would have lost my life, would you guys do this for me?” “Yes, ma’am,” Crews stated.

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Sundberg’s parents joined the demonstrators during the mother’s outburst. They expressed their sympathy for her to the Post while maintaining that their son’s shooting was unjust. They said Sundberg was suffering from mental illness when he opened fire on the house.

“I wish I could wrap my arms around her and tell her I’m so sorry,” according to Cindy Sundberg. “I’m so sorry she had to experience that I’m so sorry for her pain.”

“Tekle was an imperfect human as we are all imperfect humans and he did not deserve to be picked off like an animal from a rooftop,” she said.