(CNN)Minneapolis police said officers found the body of a man in a building burned down during the protests over the death of George Floyd in May.
"We are treating this death as a homicide," police spokesman John Elder told CNN.
On Monday morning, officials from Minneapolis Police and Fire Departments along with agents from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives went to a building on East Lake Street based on an anonymous tip, Elder said.
Officials searched the burned rubble where Max It Pawn once stood and found a "deceased individual," Elder said.
The body "appears to have suffered thermal injuries" and was taken to the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office, Elder said. The victim's identity will be released along with the nature and cause of death, he said.
A body was discovered in the burned-out wreckage of Max It Pawn in Minneapolis, police said.
On June 8, the US attorney's office in Minneapolis filed an arson charge against a 25-year-old man after an investigation into the fire of Max It Pawn where the body was found, Elder said.
What happened??
ReplyDelete