REPORT: Looter shot dead by pawn shop owner as Minneapolis riots raged and fires burned…

by The Right Scoop

As the riots raged in Minneapolis last night, a looter was reportedly shot and killed by the owner of a pawn shop as he tried to break into the shop:

NY POST – A man was shot dead outside a Minneapolis pawn shop Wednesday night as violent protests over the death of George Floyd rattled the city, authorities said.

Minneapolis cops are investigating reports that the victim was a looter shot dead by an owner of the business, police department spokesman John Elder said at press briefing early Thursday.

The man was found with a gunshot wound outside Cadillac Pawn and Jewelry on East Lake Street near Bloomington Avenue at about 9:25 p.m. local time, Elder said.

“That is one of the theories that we’re working into,” Elder said in response to a reporter questioning if there’s any credence to the narrative that the owner shot dead a looter trying to break into his store.

“As I said, the body was found outside. And we have a couple of different scenarios as to what may have happened,” Elder told reporters.

Elder said police have a suspect in custody and that the incident is being investigated as a homicide.

He noted that the shooting occurred “close to the area of protests” over the death of Floyd, a black man who died in police custody.

If the story we are hearing is true, then I hope the man is released from custody by police for protecting his life and his business.

After all, we saw all the looting that happened at Target and the destruction to their police department’s 3rd precinct. That was earlier. It apparently got much worse:

That was just in Minneapolis. Protests and violence also erupted in Los Angeles, where rioters attacked LAPD police cars on the freeway:


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