Derek Chauvin, fired Minneapolis officer who killed George Floyd, moved to transfer prison facility

Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer serving a long sentence for the murder of George Floyd more than four years ago, has been moved without public explanation from a federal prison in Arizona to a transfer facility in Oklahoma, according to government records.

The U.S. Bureau of Prisons says Chauvin is now housed at its administrative security federal transfer center in Oklahoma City.

The bureau has yet to disclose the reason for the 48-year-old inmate’s transfer or whether a move to another federal facility is being planned. The agency’s handbook for the facility describes it as a lockup for inmates that include “in-transit holdovers and parole violators.”

However, Chauvin’s mother said in a social media post over the weekend that his time in Oklahoma City will be short-lived.

“At this time DO NOT send Derek any cards/mail, books or commissary money as he has been moved temporarily to Oklahoma City,” Carolyn Pawlenty wrote. “I’m not sure where his permanent state will be. … Not knowing many details about my son has given me a high level of anxiety. … I don’t have many details yet to share, but will post when I do.”

John Turscak, 53, has been charged in U.S. District Court with attempted murder, assault with intent to commit murder, assault with a dangerous weapon and assault resulting in serious bodily injury stemming from the attack in the Tucson prison’s law library.

The charges say Turscak told corrections officers that he had been thinking about attacking Chauvin because of the fired police officer’s notoriety from the killing of Floyd.