Minneapolis Man: Cop Who Kneeled on George Floyd 'Tried to Kill Me' in 2008
Daily Beast
Pilar Melendez
Updated May. 28, 2020 3:58PM ET / Published May. 28, 2020 12:27PM ET
In 2008, Derek Chauvin barged into Ira Toles home while responding to a domestic-violence call and shot him at close range, leaving him with a permanent hole in his stomach.
Ira Latrell Toles didnt immediately recognize Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin in the now-viral video of him holding his knee on George Floyds neck as the handcuffed black man repeatedly told him he couldnt breathe.
But when news outlets identified the officers involved, Toles, 33, realized the man responsible for Floyds death was the same police officer who barged into his home and beat him up in the bathroom before shooting him in the stomach 12 years earlier while responding to a domestic violence call.
The officer that killed that guy might be the one that shot me, Toles texted his sister on Tuesday night, according to messages shared with The Daily Beast. They said his last name and I think it was him.
Its him, his sister instantly replied.
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