1 person killed, 3 injured after man drives car into group of demonstrators protesting police brutality in Minneapolis

• One woman was killed, and three people injured, after a car drove into protesters in Minneapolis.
• The driver was pulled out of his vehicle by demonstrators and arrested by police.
• Police have yet to publicly identify the driver involved in the crash.

One woman was killed and three other people were injured on Sunday after a man drove his vehicle into a crowd of demonstrators at an anti-police-brutality vigil in Minneapolis.

The woman, identified as 31-year-old Deona Knajdek, was pronounced dead at the hospital, KARE-TV reported.

The three other people who were injured had non-life-threatening injuries, Minneapolis police said.

Demonstrators were protesting the death of 33-year-old Winston Smith, who was fatally shot by US Marshals in the city earlier this month. The protesters were standing at Lake Street and Girard Avenue when the driver struck the crowd, reports said.

Minneapolis police said the driver was pulled from his car by the demonstrators after the collision and was later arrested. He was also being treated at a local hospital, police said.

Authorities have not yet publicly released the driver's motive for driving his car into the crowd. But authorities told WCCO that drugs and alcohol may have played a role in the crash.

The Minneapolis Police Department did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.