Relatives, friends of man gunned down at George Floyd Square grieve his loss The suspected gunman has since been arrested and charged with second-degree murder. April 1, 2021 9:30am Text size Copy shortlink:
Imez Wright, the man killed last month while working security at the now infamous South Side Minneapolis corner store whose aisles he roamed as a child, was gunned down while serving as a positive fixture at George Floyd Square, his family said, mentoring Black youth and training to be a mental health practitioner.
Wright s suspected killer, Shantaello Christianson, has since been arrested and charged with murder. But that fact has done little to ease the grief of his friends and relatives, who said that at 30 Wright had only just begun to experience life. He was working with at-risk youths to help steer them from gangs and drugs, they said, and was a father to an infant son and a daugh