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8/30/2021 Explorers washed into Mississippi River during storm, 1 dead
Search teams recovered the body of a person who went missing after being swept away in the Mississippi River during a thunderstorm early Sunday morning.
A group of five people were exploring tunnels when the thunderstorm hit and three of the five were "washed into the river" near the Marshall Avenue Bridge at about 12:45 a.m., according to the Ramsey County Sheriff's Office.
The two others were able to get out of the tunnel. Minneapolis Fire Department arrived at the scene and rescued four of the explorers.
The missing man was presumed to be in the river. Crews searched for him until 4 a.m. and then resumed the operation at 7 a.m. Sunday. The man's body was recovered around 11 a.m. near the Marshall Avenue Bridge.
The victim's identity has not been released. No further information has been provided.
Explorers washed into Mississippi River during storm, 1 dead
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8/30/2021 Man who died after being swept into Mississippi River in St. Paul ID’d as 20-year-old from Little Canada
A man found dead in the Mississippi River after he was swept from a St. Paul storm drain last weekend was identified Monday as a 20-year-old from Little Canada.
Five people, including Tiquann M. Davis Jr., were exploring large storm drains that empty into the river, according to the Ramsey County sheriff’s office and St. Paul fire department. A 911 call about a water emergency came in around 12:50 a.m. Sunday, and firefighters, law enforcement and water patrol were sent to the river in the area of the Lake Street/Marshall Avenue bridge.
Heavy rain had flooded the storm drains, according to the fire department. Two people were able to escape and three were swept into the river, the sheriff’s office said.
First responders got four people to safety, but couldn’t find the fifth. They discovered Davis’ body in the river as they continued the search later Sunday morning.
8/30/2021 Man who died after being swept into Mississippi River in St. Paul ID’d as 20-year-old from Little Canada
A man found dead in the Mississippi River after he was swept from a St. Paul storm drain last weekend was identified Monday as a 20-year-old from Little Canada.
Five people, including Tiquann M. Davis Jr., were exploring large storm drains that empty into the river, according to the Ramsey County sheriff’s office and St. Paul fire department. A 911 call about a water emergency came in around 12:50 a.m. Sunday, and firefighters, law enforcement and water patrol were sent to the river in the area of the Lake Street/Marshall Avenue bridge.
Heavy rain had flooded the storm drains, according to the fire department. Two people were able to escape and three were swept into the river, the sheriff’s office said.
First responders got four people to safety, but couldn’t find the fifth. They discovered Davis’ body in the river as they continued the search later Sunday morning.
Re: Explorers washed into Mississippi River during storm, 1 dead
Lake Street/Marshall Ave. bridge would be triple helix, same drain Ian Talty died exploring back in 2009.
Re: Explorers washed into Mississippi River during storm, 1 dead
https://www.change.org/p/justice-for-ti ... n-his-case
From the petition:
I’m Shira Davis, and my son(TJ) Tiquann Davis Jr., was killed on 8/29/21,by 4 when young men and his body was pulled out the Mississippi River, in St. Paul Minnesota. The St Paul police department didn’t questioned these men at their station, the men that last saw my son alive. The SPPD shielded their body cameras. The Ramsey County sheriff department/ water department, has racially discriminated and racially profiled me and my daughter from the beginning. The Ramsey County attorney office John Choi has racially discriminated me too. I want the FBI and the BCA to re- open my sons case for a proper investigation. I reach out to my mayor, attorney general, and the Governor and they dismissed me. So now we protest and petitions. If that was my black son , he would of been taken to the police station and questioned, without a parent. This needs to stop happening in the black and brown communities, these law enforcement agencies are protecting these white young men, the judicial system should be equal.
From the petition:
I’m Shira Davis, and my son(TJ) Tiquann Davis Jr., was killed on 8/29/21,by 4 when young men and his body was pulled out the Mississippi River, in St. Paul Minnesota. The St Paul police department didn’t questioned these men at their station, the men that last saw my son alive. The SPPD shielded their body cameras. The Ramsey County sheriff department/ water department, has racially discriminated and racially profiled me and my daughter from the beginning. The Ramsey County attorney office John Choi has racially discriminated me too. I want the FBI and the BCA to re- open my sons case for a proper investigation. I reach out to my mayor, attorney general, and the Governor and they dismissed me. So now we protest and petitions. If that was my black son , he would of been taken to the police station and questioned, without a parent. This needs to stop happening in the black and brown communities, these law enforcement agencies are protecting these white young men, the judicial system should be equal.
Re: Explorers washed into Mississippi River during storm, 1 dead
Seems pretty unlikely that there's much to investigate, getting washed out of a drain you're exploring is pretty cut and dried. The petition doesn't even seem to suggest any alternative theory as to what happened or why it should be investigated further.