AN TEENAGER was reportedly arrested in the murder investigation that led to the no-knock warrant that left Amir Locke dead.

The 22-year-old black man was "at a sleepover at his cousin's place" when he was "executed" by the Minneapolis officials on the morning of February 2, according to his mother.

On Tuesday, a 17-year-old was reportedly arrested on probable cause murder charges in connection with the January 10 homicide of Otis R. Elder.

The teenager is thought to be related to Locke, the Star Tribune reported.

Locke's parents, Andre Locke and Karen Wells say that their son reached for his legal firearm to protect himself after being woken from a deep sleep at 6.48am.

On Thursday, police released the bodycam footage of Locke's last moments in which an officer uses a key to unlock the apartment door and enter without knocking while yelling, "Police, search warrant!"

Locke appears startled, wrapped in a blanket as he wakes up, and is seen holding a pistol before three shots are heard at the end of the video.

Locke was not named in any search warrants before entry, according to police.

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Locke's parents spoke at a news conference organized by civil rights attorney Ben Crump on Friday, where they spoke of their son as a respectful and law-abiding young man who loved music and wanted to help people.

"Now his dreams have been destroyed, but as his mother, I will make sure that as long as I am on this side of this world I am going to fight every day to make sure that Amir Rahkare Locke gets justice for being executed by the Minneapolis police," Wells said in her emotional speech.

The killing has sparked national outrage, with people calling for change and accountability from the police force.

On Friday, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey imposed a moratorium on the "no-knock" warrant.

Frey said that while the temporary ban is effective, he will work with police leadership to review and revise department policy with the help of experts who brought about Breonna's Law that banned no-knock warrants in Louisville, Kentucky after Breonna Taylor was killed in her home in a botched police raid.

“No matter what information comes to light, it won’t change the fact that Amir Locke’s life was cut short,” Frey said in a statement.

NO-KNOCK WARRANTS

In the wake of the killing of George Floyd, Minneapolis announced new police on no-knock entries that summer, which was designed to limit the “likelihood of bad outcomes.”

Officials said officers would now be required to announce their presence and purpose before entering the premises, except for certain circumstances such as a hostage situation.

Other cities in the US moved to ban or rein in no-knock raids in the wake of Taylor’s death.

The search warrant that resulted in the police shooting of Locke was not originally supposed to be a “no-knock” warrant, law enforcement sources, according to a KARE 11 report.

St. Paul police originally did not request a no-knock warrant from a judge, but when Minneapolis police were asked to execute the warrant, MPD insisted the warrant be changed to authorize it to be executed without first knocking, the report states.

At a Thursday night press conference, interim Minneapolis Police Chief Amelia Huffman told reporters that "both a no-knock and a knock search warrant were obtained… so the SWAT team could assess the circumstances and make the best possible decision."

Jeff Storms, one of the attorneys for the Locke family, told CNN: "To the best of my knowledge, he was not named in any of the search warrants."

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