A firefighter directs water on a building that houses El Nuevo Rodeo, a club where George Floyd and Derek Chauvin both worked at one

George Floyd And Derek Chauvin Were Once Co-Workers, Report Says : NPR

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2020-06-10 09:10:58

A firefighter directs water on a building that houses El Nuevo Rodeo, a club where George Floyd and Derek Chauvin both worked at one time, former owner Maya Santamaria told KSTP. Jim Mone/AP hide caption

A firefighter directs water on a building that houses El Nuevo Rodeo, a club where George Floyd and Derek Chauvin both worked at one time, former owner Maya Santamaria told KSTP.

George Floyd and Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter in Floyd's death, worked together at a Minneapolis club as recently as last year, according to a report from local television station KSTP.

Maya Santamaria, former owner of El Nuevo Rodeo, said that both Floyd and Chauvin worked security at the club. She said that the two could have crossed paths, though Chauvin mostly worked outside as an off-duty officer, while Floyd primarily was inside as a bouncer. She wasn't sure if they knew each other.