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The headline is a quote from Associated Press reporter Philip Crowther, who understandably worried where dozens of shots came from and where they were going to as well. The journalist happened to be recording a video segment on today’s anniversary of the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, using what’s now known as George Floyd Square as a backdrop. The shots rang out just as Crowther started to make a point about police reform efforts in Congress:
Here’s the moment shots were fired near George Floyd Square earlier this morning. pic.twitter.com/NIWRBr6b9Y
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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.”