A self-described member of the anti-government “Boogaloo Bois” extremist group was sentenced Tuesday to 52 months in prison for firing an assault rifle into a Minneapolis police station during the unrest that followed George Floyd’s murder in May 2020.
Ivan Hunter, 24, of Boerne, Texas, pleaded guilty in September to one count of participating in a riot, admitting that he traveled from San Antonio to Minneapolis to meet up with other Boogaloo Bois members on May 28, according to a criminal complaint against him filed in U.S. District court.
In addition to the prison term, Hunter will spend three years on supervised release.
Hunter was one of at least three Boogaloo Bois members prosecuted for participating in the rioting after Floyd’s murder by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on May 25, 2020.
Benjamin Ryan Teeter of Hampstead, North Carolina, and Michael Robert Solomon, 31, of New Brighton, Minnesota, both pleaded guilty to providing material support for a designated foreign terrorist organization during the unrest.
Investigators found posts on Facebook made by Hunter and Teeter saying they were planning to go to Minneapolis. Hunter and Teeter communicated with each other as they traveled from their respective states to Minnesota, court documents said.
Hunter also communicated with Solomon. Hunter sent his precise location to Solomon on the evening of May 28, two blocks away from the Minneapolis Police Department’s 3rd Precinct on Lake Street.
A video taken that night shows a man, identified as Hunter, firing 13 rounds from a semiautomatic rifle into the police station, according to court documents.
At that time, there were other people believed to be looters still inside the building. Law enforcement found discharged rifle casings consistent with the firearm Hunter used at the scene, the court documents said.
When Hunter returned to Texas, he made several statements on social media about participating in violence in Minneapolis, court documents say. On June 3, Austin police officers initiated a traffic stop on a pickup truck, in which Hunter was a passenger, for various traffic violations.
Hunter had six loaded magazines for an AK-47-style rifle fastened to a vest he was wearing, court documents said. Officers also found three semiautomatic rifles in the vehicle and two loaded pistols.
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