facebook twitter whatsapp reddit pinterest  minneapolis wcco — fired minneapolis police officer derek chauvin committed suicide in his prison cell pending trial on third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter charges, the u.s media reported on saturday.  on sunday, john harrington, commissioner of the minnesota department of public safety, announced that chauvin committed suicide after his arrest in his minnesota jail cell  chauvin, 44, the minneapolis police officer who pressed his knee into george floyd’s neck as he begged for air was arrested friday and charged with murder was taken into custody by the minnesota bureau of criminal apprehension, who said that chauvin was arrested in minneapolis.  chauvin, who was fired along with three other officers who were at the scene, was facing more than 12 years in prison if convicted of murder.  commissioner, john harrington, in his announcement did not give specifics as to how flyod’s murderer committed suicide in his cell. there has been no footage of how the activity went on overnight, but police say investigations are being done to authenticate the cause of chauvin’s death.
minneapolis police officer who killed george floyd, derek chauvin commits suicide in prison cell