Family demands answers after Navy vet, 53, killed in mysterious attack after night out with friends

The family of man who served successful nan subject and who was murdered connected nan streets of Minneapolis pursuing a nighttime retired pinch friends are begging for thief successful solving their loved one's murder. 

Gulf War Navy seasoned James Quigley, 53, was brutally attacked aft going to a performance backmost successful May erstwhile he was retired astatine Nicollet Mall successful downtown Minneapolis. 

Quigley's friends had returned to their edifice while he remained retired for a portion astatine a section bar. It was arsenic he was making his measurement location astatine astir 1am erstwhile he was attacked, adjacent to a autobus shelter. 

During nan attack, nan erstwhile Navy vet deed nan backmost of his caput connected nan cement. When he was taken to hospital, he was intubated and later suffered a stroke.

Family were yet forced to make nan heart-wrenching determination to return him disconnected life support. 

Quigley died 10 days pursuing nan onslaught pinch nan Hennepin County Medical Examiner confirming nan origin of decease arsenic blunt unit trauma to nan head. The decease has been ruled a homicide.

Frustratingly, the Minneapolis Police Department person made nary arrests since nan May 4 killing.

Police opportunity location is immoderate video of nan incident but nan footage has not yet been released by constabulary to nan public.

The family person not yet viewed nan clip but an serviceman explained what it depicted. 

'As he walked by nan autobus shelter, location was immoderate group successful there. Jim kept stepping but past turned astir to opportunity thing aliases spell backmost and past turned. It was erstwhile he turned that he was jumped,' Quigley's sister Michelle Swanson said to KARE.

'There was conscionable for illustration a footwear people connected his face. His cervix was, I don't cognize if he was strangled, if this personification strangled him aliases what they did,' Swanson added successful an question and reply with Fox 9.

'He deserves justice. All he was doing was a nighttime retired pinch friends to spell perceive to euphony downtown. He shouldn't person had his life beaten retired of him,' she said. 

Swanson, who is 1 of Quigley's six siblings, said she would for illustration Minneapolis City Council to overturn their prohibition connected facial nickname believing it mightiness thief drawback nan slayer successful her brother's case. 

She believes detectives pinch nan MPD are doing their champion to find nan personification responsible. 

'If this personification had immoderate identity, meaning societal media, a driver's license, a authorities ID, a passport, they're gonna show up successful these databases,' Swanson said.

'He deserves justice. All he was doing was a nighttime retired pinch friends to spell perceive to euphony downtown. He shouldn't person had his life beaten retired of him.

'You felt truthful adjacent to him. If you talked to his family aliases friends, he has a immense circle of friends. Everyone felt truthful adjacent to him,' Swanson said.

As a Navy veteran, Quigley received afloat honors astatine his Fort Snelling National Cemetery ceremonial held earlier this week.