The family of a military man who was killed on the streets of Minneapolis after a night of partying with friends is asking for help solving the murder of their loved one.
Gulf War Navy veteran James Quigley, 53, was brutally attacked after attending a concert in May while he was at Nicollet Mall in downtown Minneapolis.
Quigley’s friends had returned to their hotel while he was having a drink at a local bar. It was as he was heading home at around 1am that he was attacked near a bus stop.
During the attack, the former Navy veteran hit the back of his head on the concrete. When he was taken to the hospital, he was intubated and later suffered a stroke.
Ultimately, the family was forced to make the heartbreaking decision to take him off life support.
Gulf War Navy veteran James Quigley, 53, was brutally attacked after attending a concert in May when he was attacked at Nicollet Mall in downtown Minneapolis.
Quigley died from blunt force trauma to the head following an attack near this bus stop.
Quigley died ten days after the attack and the Hennepin County Medical Examiner confirmed the cause of death was blunt force trauma to the head. The death has been ruled a homicide.
Unfortunately, the Minneapolis Police Department has not made any arrests since the May 4 murder.
Police say there are some videos of the incident, but the footage has not yet been released by police.
The family has not yet seen the video, but an official explained what it shows.
“When he passed the bus stop there were a few people there. Jim kept walking but then turned around to say something or go back and then turned around. It was when he turned around that he was attacked,” Quigley’s sister Michelle Swanson told the BBC. CAREFUL.
Quigley’s sister, Michelle Swanson, pictured, would like the Minneapolis City Council to overturn its ban on facial recognition, believing it could help catch the killer in her brother’s case.
During the attack, the former Navy veteran hit the back of his head on the concrete. When he was taken to the hospital, he was intubated and later suffered a stroke.
A Navy veteran, Quigley was given full honors at his funeral at Fort Snelling National Cemetery earlier this week.
“There was like a boot print on his face. His neck was… I don’t know if he was strangled, if this person strangled him or what they did to him,” Swanson added in an interview with Fox 9.
“He deserves justice. All he did was go out with friends to listen to music in the city centre. He should not have been beaten to death,” she said.
Swanson, one of Quigley’s six siblings, said he would like to see the Minneapolis City Council overturn its ban on facial recognition, believing it could help catch the killer in his brother’s case.
She believes MPD detectives are doing everything they can to find the person responsible.
“If this person had any identity, meaning social media, a driver’s license, a state ID, a passport, they would show up in these databases,” Swanson said.
‘He deserves justice. All he did was go out with friends to listen to music in the city centre. He should not have been beaten to death.’
“You felt very close to him. If you talked to his family or his friends, he had a huge circle of friends. Everyone felt very close to him,” Swanson said.
A Navy veteran, Quigley was given full honors at his funeral at Fort Snelling National Cemetery earlier this week.
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