Former Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin, 47, has been seriously injured at an Arizona prison after being stabbed by another inmate. Currently serving a 22-year sentence for the “murder” of George Floyd, Chauvin was assaulted on Friday at the Federal Correctional Institution in Tucson, a medium-security prison that has faced recent challenges tied to security lapses and staffing shortages, according to AP reports.
The Bureau of Prisons confirmed the incident at FCI Tucson occurred around 12:30pm local time Friday. In their statement, the Bureau noted that staff had contained the incident and executed ‘life-saving measures,’ before the inmate was moved to a hospital for further treatment and evaluation. Chauvin was transferred to FCI Tucson from a maximum-security Minnesota state prison in August 2022 to concurrently serve a 21-year federal sentence for violating Floyd’s civil rights and a 22-and-a-half-year state sentence for second-degree murder.
Last week, Chauvin’s appeal of his murder conviction was rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court. He is also currently attempting a long-shot effort to overturn his federal guilty plea, asserting new evidence indicating he didn’t cause Floyd’s death. No staff injuries were reported in the attack, and the FBI has been alerted. Visitor access to the FCI Tucson facility, housing approximately 380 inmates, has been temporarily suspended.