Minneapolis Residents Now Feel Like They're Living In a 'War Zone'

In a heartbreaking interview, a Minneapolis resident is seen begging the mayor and city council to hear the residents’ desperate pleas for help over the uptick in violent crime. 

“Honestly I really haven’t been sleeping right now I mean really I can’t. I hear every little thing that is going on, police sirens, like the helicopters, the gun shooting, everything” Liz Cruz told CBS Minnesota.

“You’re sleeping and all of a sudden you feel like you are in a war zone,” she continued. “I have four children and I’ll sleep with them all in my room because I am scared and I’m terrified something is going to happen to them.”

Police Chief Medaria Arradondo said gun violence in the northern part of the city is the worst it’s been in years. 

“Nobody sees what we’ve living nobody is feeling what we’re feeling because they’re not here,” Cruz said.

Just next door to Cruz’s home, a stray bullet passed through the house. And residents in her community have had to run inside even in the afternoon when gunshots could be heard.