'George Floyd's younger brother, Dejywan Floyd, has been arrested in North Carolina for a 'road rage' shooting of a white couple, killing the mother of six sitting in the passenger seat.
On April 12, George Floyd's younger brother testified in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. Philonise Floyd said his big brother took care of him and his siblings and 'was so much of a leader in the household.' A post spreading on social media claims that one of his siblings was recently charged with murder. 'George Floyd's younger brother, Dejywan Floyd, has been arrested in North Carolina for a 'road rage' shooting of a white couple, killing the mother of six sitting in the passenger,' reads the text above two images: one of a Black man and one of what looks like a white woman. A North Carolina man named Dejywan Floyd was recently charged with murder in the death of a a woman who was killed after being shot while riding in the car her husband was driving. But we found nothing to support a claim spreading on social media that this person was a sibling of George Floyd. This post was flagged as part of Facebook's efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Facebook.) We reached out to civil rights lawyer Ben Crump, who is representing Floyd's family, and did not immediately receive a response. But the George Floyd Memorial Foundation told PolitiFact that this post is false. Searching for Dejywan Floyd's name and George Floyd's name didn't turn up any credible news reports or documents connecting the two men. George Floyd's obituary also didn't mention Dejywan Floyd. Rather, it said he was survived by three sisters (Zsa-Zsa Floyd, LaTonya Floyd and Bridgett Floyd), two stepsisters (Camisha Carter and Constance Carter), three brothers (Terrance Floyd, Philonise Floyd and Rodney Floyd), and two stepbrothers (Deldrick Carter and Adrian Carter). The Robeson County sheriff's office, which is investigating the shooting in North Carolina, has 'no information at all to confirm this is true,' Sheriff Burnis Wilkins told PolitiFact. 'The last name Floyd is very common in our county and surrounding area,' Wilkins said. We rate this Facebook post False. UPDATE, April 13, 10:15 a.m.: We updated this story after publication with comment from the George Floyd Memorial Foundation.
We rate this Facebook post False. UPDATE, April 13, 10:15 a.m.: We updated this story after publication with comment from the George Floyd Memorial Foundation.