Around 8 p.m. Monday, police were called to investigate a report of someone trying to pay with a counterfeit bill at Cup Foods, 3759 Chicago Av.

Two rookie police officers found a man matching the suspect’s description parked in his car on E 38th St., across the street from Cup Foods, and arrested him. They are then joined by Officers Derek Chauvin and Tou Thao.

Officers Chauvin and Thao take the suspect around the corner to their squad car parked on Chicago Av. where Chauvin restrains George Floyd with a knee to his neck. A short time later, paramedics arrive and put Floyd onto a gurney and into a waiting ambulance. Floyd was taken to HCMC, where he died at 9:25 p.m.