Crowd gathers for vigil at Uptown parking ramp where deputies shot, killed Winston Smith

A crowd gathered for a vigil Friday evening on West Lake Street at Girard Avenue South near the parking garage where sheriff’s deputies fatally shot armed fugitive Winston Smith on Thursday.

Mourners placed a ring of flowers and candles in the street, and people blocked off Lake Street with motorcycles and traffic signs. Another group went on top of the parking ramp to hold a ceremony at the spot where Smith was killed.

Someone with a bullhorn started chants of "Whose streets? Our streets!" and "Say his name: Winston Smith!"

Earlier in the day, people had blocked off the intersection of Lake Street and Hennepin Avenue in all directions with street signs and parked cars, but police cleared out the roadblock because it was creating significant traffic delays.