A veteran and community leader named Amos Ferrier was killed during an attempted car theft in south Minneapolis. Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara has said that two women were arrested Tuesday, May 19, in St. Paul in connection with the incident, according to FOX 9.
Ferrier, an Army combat medic who served two tours of duty in Afghanistan, was at Every Third Saturday, the nonprofit that runs Rick's Coffee Bar, for a graduation ceremony on Friday. He confronted two people trying to steal his pickup truck, and as the suspects attempted to drive away, he is believed to have ended up on the hood of their car.
He was carried about a block before being thrown from the vehicle, following which he hit his head on the pavement. Ferrier was rushed to the hospital unconscious and died two days later at HCMC.
A makeshift memorial has now been created in front of Rick's Coffee Bar on what would have been Ferrier's 39th birthday.
Minneapolis police said that this incident is believed to be the first death related to a car theft in the city this year.
