Man taken into custody following death of BLM activist
A
Florida man has been taken in custody following the death of a Black Lives
Matter (BLM) activist and a 75-year-old woman.
According to the Tallahassee
Police, the suspect has been identified as 49-year-old Aaron Glee Jr.
“At approximately 9:15 p.m.
Saturday, June 13th, TPD investigators arrived in the 2100 block of Monday Road
in the course of a follow-up investigation in a missing person case. During the
investigation, two deceased people were located in the area,” read a statement
from police.
“As the investigation continued,
investigators developed a suspect. The suspect is now in custody and no more
information is available at this time. The deaths are being investigated as
homicides and have been turned over to TPD’s Violent Crime Unit. The
investigation is ongoing and currently, there are no more details available,”
added the police in the statement.
Nineteen-year-old Oluwatoyin
‘Toyin’ Salau and 75-year-old Victoria Sims were found dead in
Tallahassee, Florida on Saturday (June 13)
Salau and Sims are reported to
have met after recent protests over justice for black lives.