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MINNEAPOLIS – The chief medical examiner who ruled George Floyd s death a homicide testified Friday that the way police held him down and compressed his neck “was just more than Mr. Floyd could take,” given the condition of his heart.
Dr. Andrew Baker, the Hennepin County medical examiner, took the stand at the murder trial of former Officer Derek Chauvin for pressing his knee on or close to Floyd s neck for what prosecutors said was as much as 91/2 minutes as the 46-year-old Black man lay pinned to the pavement last May.
BRYAN, Texas (AP) â Police in Texas were still seeking a motive Friday for what led an employee at a cabinet-making company to open fire on his co-workers, leaving one man dead and wounding five others before shooting and wounding a state trooper during a search for the suspect.
The Bryan Police Department identified the man who was killed as Timothy Smith, a 40-year-old resident of Bryan. Two of the five people who were wounded at the business have been discharged from the hospital, two were in stable condition and one was in critical condition, police said on Twitter.
Smith s sister, Brittany Jackl, told Austin TV station KXAN that the family was in shock over his death. Smith is survived by two teenage sons and a wife, Jackl said, adding that he enjoyed his job at Kent Moore Cabinets.
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He used to send me Snapchats all the time from work, saying, `This is where I work, and this is who I work with, Jackl said. He was honestly proud of where he worked, and I was proud of him.
Larry Winston Bollin, 27, of Iola, is charged with murder and attempted murder in the shooting. Police announced Friday evening that Bollin has also been charged with five counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
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Larry Winston Bollin is facing a murder charge following a shooting in Bryan, Texas, Thursday, April 9, 2021.
He was booked into the Brazos County Detention Center in Bryan late Thursday, according to Bryan police. Jail records showed Bollin was being held on bonds totaling more than $3 million. No attorney was listed for Bollin in the jail record.