On April 16, 2026, officers responded to a stabbing call near [ADDRESS REDACTED] in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. Dispatch notes relayed that two males were fighting and that a black male wearing a cream-colored hoodie had fled the area. Upon arrival, officers located an adult male (“Victim”) lying on his side on a sidewalk. Victim had a stab wound on the left side of his torso. Emergency personnel transported Victim to Hennepin County Medical Center. Due to Victim [NAME REDACTED], officers could not take a formal statement.
An officer at the scene spoke with Victim’s girlfriend (“Witness 1”), who reported that she and Victim [NAME REDACTED] at a restaurant getting food. While at the restaurant, the suspect approached Victim and Witness 1 and asked them for money. The suspect then followed Victim and Witness 1 from the restaurant as they walked on 29th Street. At some point, Victim [NAME REDACTED] told the suspect to stop following them. Eventually, Victim and the suspect began physically fighting each other. Witness 1 saw the suspect with a fixed blade knife in his hand that he used to stab Victim.
The suspect ran north away from the scene. Witness 1 knew the suspect as “Kilo,” and called a friend who fully identified the suspect as Defendant JOVAN DARRELL CHATMAN, born on [DOB REDACTED]. Witness 1 confirmed Defendant’s identity as the suspect through a booking photograph. Witness 2 informed officers that they had been outside their residence and heard sounds of a struggle. Witness 2 saw the suspect and the victim [NAME REDACTED]. Witness 2 called 911 as the suspect left the scene. Witness 2 described the suspect as a black male, possibly in his 20s, slim building, and wearing a cream hooded sweatshirt.
Witness 2 believed that the suspect was carrying a possible black pocketknife. Witness 3 saw Victim and the suspect mutually fighting on the sidewalk. The suspect wearing a cream- colored sweatshirt pulled out what appeared to be a knife from his waistband and stabbed Victim [NAME REDACTED]. Defendant is in custody at the Hennepin County Adult Correctional Facility on a Department of Corrections hold. Given the allegations, the State requests that a warrant issue. BLAKELY NOTICE: The State will seek an aggravated sentence based on the dangerous-offender sentencing provisions in Minn.
Stat. § 609.1095, subds. 2–3 (2024). Defendant has prior felony convictions for violent crimes, including: (1) September 23, 2024 conviction for Third-Degree Assault in court file #62- CR-24-4158; (2) October 6, 2020 conviction for Ineligible Person in Possession of a Firearm in court file #••-CR-••-••••; and (3) May 18, 2018 conviction for Simple Robbery in court file #••-CR-••-••••.
