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However, other city officials were disputing that account.
Building inspector Hugh Koogan told the Toledo Blade the collapse was natural deterioration and said he had recently noticed the middle of the wall bowing.
“It was just age. It just came away,” the inspector told the Blade.
Mr. Koogan said he also had talked to the unnamed person who saw lightning strike the building on which the Floyd mural had been painted.
The building, the site of the former Mugshots Bar, already had been condemned by the city.
The Floyd-tribute mural was painted on the building last summer and has been the site of prayer vigils and demonstrations. Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer, sparking nationwide protests against police brutality and racism, some of which turned violent.
Report: Lightning Strike Destroys George Floyd Mural
14 Jul 2021
Witnesses say lightning struck a mural for George Floyd in Toledo, Ohio, leading to its collapse and destroying the structure.
Authorities assert that the mural collapsed on Tuesday around 5:17 p.m. While the city building inspector, Hugh Koogan, is attributing the collapse to the age of the structure, the Toledo Fire and Rescue Department is listing it as a lightning strike based on witness reports:
UPDATE: Witnesses have told authorities that the George Floyd mural was struck by lightning before it collapsed. https://t.co/u0QHZVh7Zp
However, Koogan remains skeptical:
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