Minneapolis Pawn Shop Owner Shoots Looter, Arrested For Murder

A pawn shop business owner in Minneapolis was arrested on Wednesday night after he shot and killed a man who was trying to rob his business.

John Rieple, the owner of Cadillac Pawn & Jewelry, a store in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has been booked on a murder accusation after a man was found dead of a gunshot wound on a sidewalk near Rieple’s business, according to Hennepin County jail records.

As riots broke out in Minneapolis with businesses being looted and some even going up in flames, one business owner was arrested on suspicion of murder after he shot a man who was trying to rob his store.

On Wednesday night police responded to a report of a stabbing at Cadillac Pawn and Jewelry shortly before 9:30 pm.

When they arrived at the store they discovered that a man had been shot. The man was transported to a nearby hospital where he was later pronounced dead.

According to the Minneapolis Police Department one possibility for the shooting that they are considering is that he was shot while trying to loot the store.

In the meantime the Pawn shop owner has been arrested on suspicion of murder and is being held at Hennepin County Jail.