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25 May 2021
Sounds of gunshots rang out near Minneapolis’ George Floyd Square today as people gathered to mark one year since George Floyd’s death.
Floyd died on May 25, 2020, while being apprehended by police.
Metroreported on April 20, 2021, one of the apprehending officers, Derick Chauvin, was “found guilty of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter.”
WCCO notes police responded to reports of gunshots today in “the 3800 block of Elliot Avenue South, which is a block from George Floyd Square.”
The 911 caller who reported the gunshots described the shooting suspect(s) as fleeing the area in a vehicle “at a high rate of speed.”