Five Black Lives Matter Protesters Wounded after Alleged White Supremacists Open Fire

Five people were shot allegedly by white supremacists during a Black Lives Matter protest on Monday.

"Tonight, white supremacists attacked the ‪#‎4thPrecinctShutDown in an act of domestic terrorism," Black Lives Matter Minneapolis wrote via Facebook. "We won't be intimidated."

A group of people was hosting a demonstration protesting the recent death of African-American Jamar Clark roughly one block away from the Minneapolis Police Department's 4th Precinct when shots rang out. Five people sustained non-life-threatening wounds.

The police have confirmed the shooting. They are currently searching for "3 white male suspects."

Their statement read, via CBS News:

"Dozens of officers responded almost immediately, attending to victims, and secured the scene. Additional resources were called in and are actively investigating the shootings, interviewing a multitude of witnesses. The Police Department is working to identify suspects. The police are asking that anyone with information to please come forward."

An organizer with the movement, Mica Grimm, said that two people were shot in the leg, one in arm and a fourth one in the stomach. Grimm arrived after the shooting and did not know how the shooting played out.

Some of the eyewitnesses reported that three masked men were watching the protest when some of the demonstrators asked them to leave. The men were being led out toward an alley by some of the demonstrators when they turned around and fired six shots into the rally.

"Everyone has been on high alert because in the last several days there have been lots of conversations of white supremacists' websites and chatrooms, where they talked about coming to the protests," Minneapolis NAACP president Nekima Levy-Pounds said reported by CBS News. "They talked about having weapons and also doing things that would agitate the crowd and incite confrontation between police officers and protesters."

It has not been confirmed that the shooters were supremacists.

Democratic Representative Keith Ellison said, according to Minnesota Public Radio, "I don't want to perpetuate rumor. I'd rather just try to get the facts out. That's a better way to go. I know there's a lot of speculation as to who these people were. And they well could have been, I'm not trying to say they weren't white supremacists. But I just haven't been able to piece together enough information to say with any real clarity."

Ellison has supported the protests.

The protesters have held daily demonstrations since Clark, 24, was shot by the police. After Monday night's shooting, Clark's family has asked Black Lives Matter to end their protest in case similar situations arise again.

Eddie Sutton, the brother of the victim, said in a statement, "We appreciate Black Lives Matter for holding it down and keeping the protests peaceful. But in light of tonight's shootings, the family feels out of imminent concern for the safety of the occupiers, we must get the occupation of the 4th precinct ended and onto the next step."

The protesters, however, have vowed to hold another demonstration.

Wear all black tomorrow. 2pm at the precinct. We will not be intimidated. #4thPrecinctShutDown

— Black Lives MPLS (@BlackLivesMpls) November 24, 2015

The police shot Clark, who was unarmed, on Nov. 15. He later died at the hospital from his wounds. The police involved in his shooting are on leave.