On July 19, 2025, at approximately 5:41 PM, officers responded to 2200 32nd St. E. In Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota on a report of a carjacking at gunpoint. Upon arrival, officers encountered an adult male, identified as Victim, [NAME REDACTED] was employed as a food-delivery driver; that he was driving a black Mazda CX-30; and that he was delivering an order to [APT REDACTED] at the above-listed address when the carjacking occurred. Victim [NAME REDACTED], when he arrived at the apartment building, he called the number of the male who placed the order, and a male answered and directed him to ring the doorbell to the apartment.
Victim stated that he rang the bell to the apartment, and a black male wearing a black hoody immediately came around the side of the building with a black long gun and demanded his wallet and car keys. Victim stated that the gunman patted down his pockets looking for keys and took $25 in cash from his pocket. Under duress, Victim volunteered that the keys were in his car, and the gunman jumped in Victim’s vehicle and drove east on 32nd St. Victim told officers that his cell phone was in the car when it was stolen and that he had to ask a stranger to help him call 911. Officers hoped to track the gunman using Victim’s cell phone, but they soon learned that Victim’s phone was on the side of West River Parkway.
A bystander reported that the phone was thrown from the window of a vehicle matching Victim’s vehicle’s appearance. Victim’s phone was processed for potential DNA evidence. Investigators attempted to contact anyone in [APT REDACTED], but there was no response. Investigators observed that the number used to place the order was [PHONE REDACTED]. Following the robbery, no one answered the phone number. Investigators surmised the gunman placed a fake order to lure Victim [NAME REDACTED]. Investigators attempted to locate Victim’s vehicle and obtained surveillance video from July 22, 2025 showing Victim’s vehicle traveling in North Minneapolis.
The video showed the vehicle occupied by a single black male driver. On July 24, 2025, at 5:17 PM, officers responded to the scene of a vehicle collision and a separate carjacking. Upon arrival, officers observed that Victim’s Mazda CX-30 was one of the vehicles involved in the collision. Officers spoke to several witnesses and learned that a black male wearing all black was driving Victim’s vehicle well over the speed limit and collided with another driver in the intersection. The driver of that vehicle, identified as Other 1, exited to speak to the male.
A driver of a third vehicle, identified as Other 2, stopped her vehicle because she witnessed the collision. They both observed the male attempt to drive away in Victim’s vehicle, but Victim’s vehicle was too damaged to drive due to the collision. At that point, the male exited the Mazda CX-30 wielding a long gun. He walked toward Other 1, yelling “B****! You run stop sign!” and repeatedly yelling, “B****, do you have insurance?” That same male then approached Other 2, pointed a long gun at her, and demanded that she exit her vehicle, yelling, “Get out of the car, b****!” Under duress, Other 2 exited the vehicle, and the male repeatedly asked, “What else you got, b****?” Other 2 did not respond.
