Looter is shot dead by pawn shop owner and stores are ransacked and torched as George Floyd protest erupts in violence and armed vigilantes patrol Minneapolis streets in second night of violence
- Minneapolis Police Chief John Elder confirmed a man was shot dead during the chaos on Wednesday night
- The man's body was found lying on the sidewalk by cops who performed CPR but were unable to save him
- Chief wouldn't confirm the shooter was a shop owner and the victim a looter but someone has been arrested
- News of the death topped off a night of chaos across the city as looters ransacked and set fire to stores
- Vigilantes calling themselves 'heavily armed rednecks' stood guard outside businesses to protect them
- The chaos erupted on day two of protests over the death of George Floyd who died on Monday
- Footage emerged Tuesday of white cop Derek Chauvin kneeling on Floyd's neck moments before he died
A suspected looter has been shot dead outside a pawn shop after protests over the death of George Floyd descended into chaos Wednesday night and rioters vandalized stores across the city.
Minneapolis Department Police Chief John Elder confirmed in a midnight press conference that one person was shot and killed and that another person was being held in custody.
Elder said officers had responded to reports of a possible stabbing at around 9.25pm between Bloomington and Lake Street.
The body of a man - who medics later confirmed had been shot - was found lying on the sidewalk outside the Cadillac Pawn shop by police officers who performed CPR on him.
Stores including Wendy's, Target, Walmart and AutoZone were looted, ransacked and some set alight before rioters tried to bust open an ATM, as many ignored pleas from the Floyd family's lawyer and Minnesota Governor Walz to protest peacefully Wednesday night.
Videos showed what was reported to be an apartment building entirely engulfed by flames as rioters stood and watched and the fire department was nowhere to be seen. An AutoZone store was also one of those which was set on fire.
Outside a GM Tobacco store, a group of four men with huge firearms were seen and said they had come to protect local businesses from looters,
During the riots, a woman in a wheelchair was punched in the head and sprayed with a fire extinguisher after trying to block protesters - allegedly with a knife in her hand.
Elder said that 'everything was done that we could do to try to preserve this man's life' but the adult male died in hospital.
The police chief refused to confirm reports that the shooter was the owner of the pawn shop who shot the victim dead because he was looting his store.
He said this was 'one theory' but that police are investigating 'a couple of different scenarios that might have happened'.
Elder would not divulge what the other scenarios are. He added that there had been no other reports of injuries among protesters or police officers.
The police chief also slammed the actions of looters and rioters which he branded 'disrespectful' to Floyd's family and to all the protesters who gathered peacefully to demand justice over his death.
'If people are there to truly honor the man and his family this isn't how you do it and it's so disrespectful and it's heartbreaking,' he said.
'People are utilizing this as a purpose just to make bad decisions.'
A source told KSTP that the city has requested support from the National Guard to bring the violence under control.
The police chief also slammed the actions of looters and rioters which he branded 'disrespectful' to Floyd's family and to all the protesters who gathered peacefully to demand justice over his death.
'If people are there to truly honor the man and his family this isn't how you do it and it's so disrespectful and it's heartbreaking,' he said.
'People are utilizing this as a purpose just to make bad decisions.'
A source told KSTP that the city has requested support from the National Guard to bring the violence under control
The police chief also slammed the actions of looters and rioters which he branded 'disrespectful' to Floyd's family and to all the protesters who gathered peacefully to demand justice over his death.
'If people are there to truly honor the man and his family this isn't how you do it and it's so disrespectful and it's heartbreaking,' he said.
'People are utilizing this as a purpose just to make bad decisions.'
A source told KSTP that the city has requested support from the National Guard to bring the violence under control.
It comes as:
- A video was widely shared on social media on Tuesday showing white officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on Floyd's neck for eight minutes as he pleads to be released before eventually losing consciousness and later dying
- Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Minneapolis later that night demanding justice for the 46-year-old, leading to confrontations with police officers firing rubber bullets
- Four Minneapolis police officers involved in Floyd's arrest were fired on Tuesday after initially being placed on paid administrative leave
- Four fired police officers are named as Derek Chauvin, Thomas Lane, Tou Thao, and J Alexander Kueng
- Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey called on prosecutors Wednesday to arrest and charge Chauvin
- New video footage casts fresh doubt on claims Floyd resisted as two officers are seen manhandling and forcibly removing him from his car and he appears to be complying with officers
- Floyd's family demanded police officer Chauvin be charged with murder, and the other three officers involved charged as murder accomplices
- A protest started in the streets of downtown LA Wednesday night over Floyd's death with one man being taken to hospital after he fell from a moving police cruiser
- Minneapolis protesters escalated into violence Wednesday as cops and protesters clashed and stores including Target, AutoZone and Walmart were ransacked and set on fire by looters
- A looter was shot dead in Minneapolis Wednesday night and officers had arrested a man for homicide
News of the death topped off a night of chaos and destruction across the city as rioters stripped shelves bare, set fire to stores and tried to break into a bank.
Footage on social media showed car parts company AutoZone up in flames as people were seen hurling rocks through its windows.
Another structure, said to be a new apartment building, was filmed as flames entirely engulfed it and made it collapse.
With the fire department initially nowhere to be seen, reports on social media said they were being forced to stay away because of the violent rioters.
Stores and building near the fire were being splashed with water by citizens in an effort to stop the flames spreading. They were pictured filling buckets from fire hydrants.
Fire fighters were then seen spraying buildings including the Schooner tavern which had also caught fire.
At the Target store near the site of Floyd's arrest, the inside of the store lay in ruins, with stock depleted of all goods and the remaining merchandise flung across the floor.
Witnesses reported thieves using power tools to break open cash registers and trying to access the store's safes, before it too was set alight and seen engulfed in flames.
Rioters then turned to a Wendy's where they sprayed graffiti on the walls before moving onto a bank - trying to bust it open and raid the ATMs.
A woman in a wheelchair was also punched in the head and sprayed with a fire extinguisher after trying to block protesters - allegedly with a knife in her hand.
The woman claimed she was 'peacefully protesting' to stop people from looting a Target store, but she was quickly set upon by a crowd who subdued her.
The crowd outside the Target store shouted that the woman had a knife, and footage showed her holding what appeared to be a sharp object.
Named online as Jennifer, she later said she had been 'punched in the head several times' before others tried to restrain her.
Footage of the violent clash has been widely shared on social media, including by conservative writer Andy Ngo.
A group of four men with huge firearms were seen outside a GM Tobacco store as they said they had come to protect local businesses from looters, reported Minnesota Reformer.
The vigilantes called themselves 'heavily armed rednecks' as they stood guard outside the businesses.
Disorder erupted in the streets of the city on the second day of the rally over Floyd's death, after footage emerged Tuesday showing white police officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on the black man's neck moments before he died in police custody.
Floyd is heard pleading with Chauvin, saying 'please, please, I can't breathe' and 'My stomach hurts. My neck hurts. Everything hurts' while witnesses urged the arresting officers to stop.
Cops were seen spraying pepper spray into the crowds and outraged Minnesotans threw metal railings at the windows of the police precinct as the two groups clashed on Wednesday.
This followed chaotic scenes at Tuesday night's protest where demonstrators were seen dousing their faces in milk to limit the effects of the tear gas and desperately fleeing the hail of rubber bullets raining down on them.
A woman throws rocks at the police building where the four officers connected with Floyd's death worked
People launched missiles including rocks and bottles at the building where the four officers connected to Floyd's death worked.
The protest descended into chaos for the second night in a row as anger boiled over following the death of Floyd
Tensions are building after a bystander's video posted online showed Floyd, 46, pleading with arresting officers that he couldn't breathe as an officer knelt on his neck
Minnesota Governor Walz issued a plea Wednesday for people to practice social distancing and protest peacefully while calling on cops to exercise restraint at the rally.
A new incident report was also released Wednesday revealing medics arrived at the scene of Floyd's arrest to find the black man already 'unresponsive' and 'pulseless'.
Wednesday's protest started peacefully but clashes soon emerged between the demonstrators and police officers before the city erupted with violence.
One woman was seen being blasted in the face with pepper spray as she held up a banner with a slogan saying 'Charge killer cops'. 
A man adds to the flowers and messages left in memory of Floyd as people demand justice over his death
According to the report, medics never managed to recover a pulse on route to the hospital and Floyd's 'condition did not change'.
Governor Walz broke protocol in his daily coronavirus briefing Wednesday to talk about the 'tragic events' in Minneapolis Monday and to send his 'deepest sympathies' to Floyd's family.
'Like so many Minnesotans and so many people across the country and world I was shocked and horrified by the video of George Floyd's death,' the governor said.
'It's very clear to anyone that what happened to George Floyd is wrong,' Walz said.
'The lack of humanity in the video as I said made me physically ill and is even more difficult to understand.'
An autopsy has not yet been completed, officials said.
Protester falls from the hood of a moving police cruiser as violent Black Lives Matter demonstration breaks out in downtown Los Angeles
A protester was thrown from the hood of a police cruiser in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday night as a Black Lives Matter demonstration calling for justice for George Floyd turned violent.
About 1,000 protesters descended on LA following the 46-year-old father-of-two died in Minneapolis Monday, moments after a white cop knelt on his neck for eight minutes until he passed out.
As protests entered their second day in Minnesota, tensions began building between law enforcement and African-American communities across America, with demonstrators calling for the four officers involved in Floyd's death to be charged with murder.
The first break-off protest sprung up in downtown LA Wednesday afternoon and quickly escalated into violence.
Shocking aerial footage shows several protesters surrounding a California Highway Patrol cruiser and smashing its back windows on the 101 Freeway.
One protester clambered on the hood before tumbling to the ground when the police officer drove off. The man was seen lying motionless on the ground and covered in blood, but he did regain consciousness and was taken to hospital in an ambulance.
A second police cruiser that arrived at the scene was also attacked, had its windows smashed and was seen fleeing.
A protester has fallen off a moving police car in downtown Los Angeles during a rally over George Floyd's death
Around 1,000 protesters descended on LA in a Black Lives Matter protest demanding justice after the 46-year-old father of two died in Minneapolis Monday, moments after a white cop knelt on his neck for eight minutes until he passed out
Shocking aerial footage showed several protesters surround the car and smash the back window before one man clambered on top of the hood
The police officer tried to take off and the man rode on the hood for a few moments before he was sent tumbling off the car into the road
The march rally began near the Hall of Justice at around 4p.m. local time before protesters marched through the streets toward the area of Temple.
People carried signs reading ‘Black Lives Matter’.
The group then made its way onto the 101 Freeway where they blocked cars along the road. The freeway was forced to shutter.
By around 6.25pm local time, the crowd began moving off the freeway and continued moving through downtown LA streets, reported NBC Los Angeles.
The protest came hours after Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore issued a statement condemning the video of Floyd's death as 'incredibly disturbing'.
The man is seen here being attended to by fellow protesters after falling off the hood of the cop car
Emergency services rushed to the scene as the man was pictured lying motionless on the ground
REVEALED: White cop who knelt on George Floyd's neck was involved in a fatal police shooting and one of the other fired officers paid a $25K settlement after being sued for using excessive force in arrest where he punched and kicked a handcuffed suspect
Two of the cops fired over the arrest of black man George Floyd have already been investigated for their roles in previous use-of-force incidents, it has been revealed.
Derek Chauvin, 44, the officer filmed kneeling on Floyd's neck during his arrest, is a 19-year veteran of the force who was investigated over a fatal police shooting in 2006.
Now it's been revealed Chauvin was investigated for his role in the 2008 shooting of Ira Latrell Toles during a domestic assault call. Toles was wounded after police said he went for an officer's gun and Chauvin shot him.
Two years earlier Wayne Reyes, 42 was killed by officers after allegedly pulling a shotgun on the six cops, which included Chauvin, The Star Tribune reports.
And in 2011 23-year-old Leroy Martinez was shot and injured during a chase given by officers including Chauvin.
A second officer involved in Monday's arrest, Tou Thao, was part of a $25,000 out of court settlement after being sued for using excessive force in 2017.
In a lawsuit obtained by the DailyMail.com shows Thao was sued for using excessive force in arrest where he was accused of punching and kicking a handcuffed suspect 'until his teeth broke'.
The second officer, Thao, was sued in 2017 by Lamar Ferguson who said the cop had used excessive force during his arrest.
A lawsuit obtained by DailyMail.com states 'Defendant Thunder and Defendant Thao's use of unreasonable force on Plaintiff, in the form of punches, kicks, and knees to the face and body while Plaintiff was defenseless and handcuffed, was so extreme that it caused Plaintiff to suffer broken teeth as well as other bruising and trauma.'
The case was settled out of court for $25,000 after Thao said he had punched Ferguson after he 'actively resisted arrest'.
He wrote: 'After — at this point he's actively resisting arrest. He — so I had no choice but to punch him. I punched him in the face.'
All four officers were fired Tuesday. DailyMail.com has contacted Minneapolis police for comment and for the officers' full records with the department.
Chauvin is said to be represented by lawyer Tom Kelly. He was Jeronimo Yavez' attorney after the Minnesota police officer fatally shot Philando Castile during a traffic stop in 2016.
Yavez was found not guilty on all three charges by a jury in 2017.
The remaining two officers have been identified by the city as Thomas Lane and J Alexander Kueng.
Both were reportedly rookie cops who were still in their probationary periods, according to the StarTribune.
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