Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been stabbed multiple times by a former FBI informant, according to court documents filed on December 1. The attack took place in a federal prison in Tucson, Arizona, where Chauvin is serving his sentence for the murder of George Floyd. The assailant, John Turscak, stabbed Chauvin 22 times with an improvised knife before being subdued by corrections officers. Turscak later admitted that he would have killed Chauvin if the officers had not responded quickly. The attack occurred on November 24 in the prison’s law library, which both men were using at the time. Prosecutors revealed that Turscak saw the attack as symbolic of the Black Lives Matter movement and the Mexican Mafia criminal organization.
Turscak has been charged with assault with a dangerous weapon and assault with intent to commit murder. He has been moved to an adjacent federal penitentiary in Tucson, where he remains in custody. Chauvin, who was sent to FCI Tucson from a maximum-security prison in Minnesota to serve his federal and state sentences, is expected to survive the attack.
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Chauvin’s mother, Carolyn Pawlenty, expressed her concern on Facebook, demanding answers about the stabbing and questioning the prison’s security measures. Chauvin’s lawyer, Gregory Erickson, criticized the lack of communication with Chauvin’s family and legal team, calling it outrageous and indicative of a poorly run facility.
Chauvin, 47, was convicted of violating Floyd’s civil rights and second-degree murder in separate trials. He was sentenced to a total of 43.5 years in prison. In November, the US Supreme Court rejected Chauvin’s appeal of his murder conviction. Chauvin is also attempting to overturn his federal guilty plea, claiming new evidence that he did not cause Floyd’s death.
Turscak, who was an FBI informant in the late 1990s, led a faction of the Mexican Mafia in Los Angeles but was dropped by the FBI due to continued criminal activity. He pleaded guilty to racketeering and conspiring to kill a rival gang member in 2001. Turscak believed that his cooperation with the FBI would result in a lighter sentence.
The Bureau of Prisons has not released the name of the victim for privacy and safety reasons. The incident is under investigation.
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