A second man faces federal arson charges for allegedly trying to set fires at the Target headquarters building in downtown Minneapolis during August unrest.
Second man charged in Minneapolis Target HQ arson
Incident occurred amid Mpls. unrest in August after false rumor spread.
November 21, 2020 at 2:14PM
Leroy Lemonte Perry Williams, 34, made his first court appearance Friday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Hildy Bowbeer in St. Paul.
The incident occurred during a night of civil unrest on Aug. 26 following a homicide suspect's suicide and the spread of a false rumor that the man had been shot by police.
At 11:06 p.m., Target headquarters and city surveillance video showed Williams setting a cardboard box on fire and placing it inside the headquarters building through a shattered glass door. Williams made several more attempts to reignite the cardboard box.
At 11:10 p.m., Williams was seen making more attempts to start a fire in the building vestibule.
Another man, Shador Tommie Cortez Jackson, was charged in September in the same incident.
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