Amir Locke biography: 10 things about Minneapolis, Minnesota man

Amir Rahkare Locke was an African American born and raised in Minnesota, United States. Here are 10 more things about him:

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1. He lived in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota.
2. He is Andre Locke and Karen Wells‘ son, Linda Tyler‘s nephew and Nneka Constantino‘s cousin.
3. He had no criminal record.
4. He owned a pistol and had a permit to carry a gun.
5. He once attended a march supporting African American boy Trayvon Martin, 17, who was fatally shot by George Zimmerman, then 30, in Sanford, Florida, USA on February 26, 2012.
6. Amid the new coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in 2021, he worked as a DoorDash food delivery driver.
7. An aspiring entrepreneur and musician, he started a limited liability company in 2021 with the help of his mother. He planned to use the company for his music and work with youth.
8. At 7:01 a.m. on February 2, 2022, he was sleeping on a couch in his cousin’s apartment in Minneapolis when he was fatally shot by Minneapolis Police Department officer Mark Hanneman. He was not named in the no-knock search warrant the department was serving at the apartment that morning.
9. He died at the age of 22. He died of multiple gunshot wounds and manner of death is homicide, according to the Hennepin County medical examiner.
10. He was supposed to move to Dallas, Texas, USA on February 9, 2022 to pursue his music career.

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