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The family of Amir Locke announced the 22-year-old’s funeral will be Thursday at the Shiloh Temple International Ministries in Minneapolis, a landmark Black-led congregation on West Broadway Avenue that has hosted final rites for Jamar Clark, Daunte Wright, Barway Collins and Aniya Allen.

Rev. Al Sharpton, who also spoke at the funerals of both George Floyd and Daunte Wright, will give remarks, as well as Locke's family and their attorney, Ben Crump.

Family say he was law-abiding, 'loved by all'

The family has scheduled a visitation for 10 a.m., with the funeral scheduled to begin at 11.

 while Minneapolis police serving a search warrant burst into a high-rise downtown apartment. Locke was not named in the warrant.

Tim Nelson

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The 22-year-old Black man’s funeral will be Thursday at the Shiloh Temple International Ministries in Minneapolis, with remarks from Rev. Al Sharpton. Locke was killed by police during a search warrant where he was not named.

Amir Locke’s funeral set for Thursday

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