Many in Minneapolis are wondering if former police officer Derek Chauvin will be charged with murder.  The Minneapolis mayor is among those calling for his arrest. Chauvin was identified as the officer who held his knee to George Floyd’s neck until he lost consciousness. As Chauvin and the other three officers involved remain free, protests in the city are growing. Wednesday night they turned deadly and dangerous as looters trashed stores and started fires.

The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports:

Early Thursday, city and law enforcement officials were still tallying the full toll of the night, which saw at least five people struck by gunfire, one fatally when the owner of a pawn shop opened fire on a man he believed was burglarizing his business. Dozens of businesses were either looted or torched, or both, mostly in the area of Minnehaha Avenue and E. Lake Street, but also along business corridors on the city’s North and South sides.

The National Guard was ordered to the 3rd Precinct police station to relieve Minneapolis police officers.

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The Governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz remarked, “Our state watched George Floyd’s humanity get erased. Our feelings of anger, anguish, and disillusionment are justified.” The mayor is calling for the protests to be peaceful.

Watch more above from the CBS affiliate in Minneapolis.