TV reporter flees bullets

Minnesota police arrested more than 50 protesters and looters on the second night of violence in the wake of the fatal police shooting of Daunte Wright — with a TV reporter forced to flee on-air amid an apparent volley of shots.

Police made the mass arrests late Monday into Tuesday as hundreds defied a 7 p.m. curfew in Brooklyn Center, attacking police in riot gear who responded with tear gas, rubber bullets and flash grenades.

Amid the chaos, Noel Phillips was reporting for “Good Morning Britain” when he scrambled for cover after hearing shots.

“We got gunfire over there — get down! Now!” a man was heard yelling as the TV crew kept filming from behind parked cars.

“We heard 20 to 30 gunshots — three men firing directly towards the police and National Guard members,” Phillips later said on his UK show, unzipping his jacket to reveal a bulletproof vest.

Looters also ran rampant for a second night in the city on the outskirts of Minneapolis — with video showing a Dollar Tree and neighboring stores smashed up and with smoke billowing out.

“Is there anybody in there? Get out of there,” one person yells in a clip made by Star Tribune reporter Liz Sawyer, who feared it was “going to engulf in minutes.”

The destroyed store was covered in graffiti, with Wright’s name along with “BLM” and anti-police slurs including “F--k 12,” with “12” being slang for police, and “ACAB,” short for “All cops are bastards.”

The clashes between police and protesters continued Tuesday night, as once again people gathered outside the police station in defiance of Minneapolis’ 10 p.m. curfew.

An unlawful assembly was declared. National Guardsmen and law enforcement used pepper spray and flash bangs on the crowd.

At least 13 arrests were made in Minneapolis overnight Monday for burglaries and for violations of the curfew, police said early Tuesday.

In Brooklyn Center, at least 40 arrests were made, according to Minnesota State Patrol Colonel Matt Langer.