Amir Locke shooting warrants unsealed, Derek Chauvin trial judge signed off on no-knock raid

The judge who presided over the trial of Derek Chauvin, who was convicted of George Floyd’s murder, signed off on the no-knock warrant that resulted in an officer shooting and killing Amir Locke.

Fox News Digital is not naming the 17-year-old because he is being prosecuted as a minor, Hennepin County prosecutors are pushing to have the teen tried as an adult in the Jan. 10 murder of Elder. St. Paul fire paramedics responded to a 911 call to find Elder shot and lying in the street near a vehicle.   A protester holds a sign demanding justice for Amir Locke at a rally on Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Christian Monterrosa) Hundreds of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis at a rally for Amir Locke on Saturday, Feb.5, 2022. (AP Photo/Christian Monterrosa) Amir Locke's father Andre Locke speaks at the press conference, with Amir's mother Karen Wells, on the left, Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, in Minneapolis. (Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via AP) In an image from body camera video released by the city of Minneapolis, Amir Locke is wrapped in a blanket on a couch holding a gun moments before he was fatally shot by police on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022. (Minneapolis Police Department via AP) In this image taken from police body camera video, officers enter an apartment on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022 moments before shooting Amir Locke. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has imposed a moratorium on no-knock warrants.  (Minneapolis Police Department via AP)

The warrant notes that suspects fled the scene of the shooting in a gray Mercedes – which was reported stolen earlier in the month and was the suspect vehicle in a string of car thefts, including the theft of a Maserati stolen just three days before Elder was shot and left for dead.