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The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office said Monday that there is no evidence of law enforcement wrongdoing in the death of a young Black man found dead in a suburban Minneapolis lake after a police chase last year. 

Searchers recovered the body of Khalil Azad, 24, from Crystal Lake in July of 2022, two days after he crashed an SUV into a tree while fleeing from a Robbinsdale police officer who tried to pull him over for speeding. 

Azad ran from the crash. K9 officers and a Minnesota State Patrol helicopter looked for him, but police called off the search after a half hour. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner determined that Azad accidentally drowned. 

hundreds of students walked out of school

, calling for an investigation into his death. Following those protests, Robbinsdale Police 

In announcing that no officers would be charged in the incident, County Attorney Mary Moriarty said in a statement that the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension “uncovered no evidence that any member of law enforcement had any physical contact with Khalil after the initial traffic stop.”

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The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office said Monday that there is no evidence of law enforcement wrongdoing in the death of a young Black man found dead in Crystal Lake after a police chase last year.

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