Raquan Rahjai Johnson

On May 24, 2026 at approximately 5:07 P.M., officers were dispatched to a report of a shooting in the area of [ADDRESS REDACTED] in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, “Penn Ave. Shooting” herein. Witness 1 identified RAQUAN JOHNSON, [DOB REDACTED], “Defendant” herein, as the shooter. On May 25, 2026 at approximately 12:19 A.M., officers responded to a shooting in the area of [ADDRESS REDACTED] in Minneapolis within Hennepin County, Minnesota. Upon arrival, they found Victim 1, a known adult man, dead of an apparent gunshot wound to the chest.

Two individuals at the scene, Victims 2 and 3, said they were with Victim 1 when an unknown vehicle drove past them and fired at them. Surveillance video showed a suspect vehicle circling the block several times. The crime scene was processed and 32 discharged cartridge casings, “DCCs” herein, were located from six different firearms on both 41st Street and 42nd Street. Surveillance video and a neighbor’s account indicated that the first round of gunfire happened near 42nd Street where 23 DCCs were recovered.

A second round of gunfire occurred on 41st Street and a final round of gunfire occurred back on 42nd Street. One of the 9mm DCCs identified was found to match a DCC from the Penn Ave shooting. Data from Defendant’s ankle monitor was obtained and showed him at the scene at the time of the shooting. His cellular data was also analyzed and showed his phone at the scene at the time of the shooting as well. Defendant was taken into custody on June 5, 2026. During a post-Miranda statement, Defendant admitted to being the shooter at the Penn Ave.

Shooting. He explained that after the Penn Ave. Shooting, he was driving two friends around when one of his friends got into an argument with someone on the phone. The person his friend was arguing with told him to come to the area of 701 E 29th Street so Defendant drove them there knowing they were going to get into a gun fight. Defendant said his friends then shot at Victims 1, 2, and 3 in the alley, he circled the block, and the gunfire continued. Defendant said his friend ran out of bullets, so Defendant handed him his gun.