At 4:45 PM on December 1, 2025, officers were sent to Twins Market & Meat at [address omitted] East, St. Paul, Ramsey County on a shooting. Officers found four men with gunshot wounds in the immediate area: ERIC KAPREECE RICHARDS ([DOB redacted]) had a gunshot wound to his right leg, KEMARION KEITH THOMPSON ([DOB redacted]) had gunshot wounds to his right arm and chest, DONNAVIN TRAVONTE DOZIER ([DOB redacted]) had a gunshot wound to his left ankle, and SHATAURUS ORLANDO DOZIER ([DOB redacted]) had a gunshot wound to his lower left leg.
Officers found a running 2015 Chrysler 200 bearing Minnesota license plates SMS247 had crashed into the Dairy Queen at [address omitted]. The Dairy Queen is directly across Earl Street from Twins Market & Meat. The Chrysler had bullet damage to the windows and doors on its passenger side. Officer found Richards leaning against the Dairy Queen building. Officers applied a tourniquet to Richards’s upper right thigh. Richards didn’t answer questions about the shooting – he instead complained about being in pain.
Officers found Thompson lying between the curb and sidewalk across Earl Street from where they found Richards. A citizen alerted police to the presence of two more gunshot victims at [address omitted] East. Officers went there and made contact with the Doziers. Officers recovered Shataurus Dozier’s jacket with a fur- lined hood from a retaining wall in the area. Officers provided the four men medical assistance, and the men were transported to Regions Hospital. The gunshot injuries to Shataurus Dozier, Donnavin Dozier, and Richards were not life-threatening.
Thompson was immediately taken into surgery. At the hospital Donnavin Dozier told police he drove Shataurus Dozier to the store. Within 10 seconds of the Dozier brothers exiting their vehicle, Donnavin Dozier heard gunshots. Donnavin Dozier ran around the side of the building towards the back and noticed something was wrong with his leg. Donnavin Dozier kept running from the scene until he came to a house where he pounded on the windows to get help. Donnavin Dozier stayed there with his brother until police arrived.
Donnavin Dozier denied knowing who had shot them. Richards was uncooperative with attempts to interview him. Shataurus Dozier declined an interview asking for an attorney. Officers spoke to a witness who was parked in the Dairy Queen lot when he heard rapid gunfire coming from Twins Market & Meat. The witness saw shooters in the parking lot by a vehicle. The Chrysler began driving into the Dairy Queen parking lot, and Richards followed on foot. The Chrysler hit the witness’s vehicle and crashed into the building.
The witness thought Thompson had exited the Chrysler after it crashed. The witness saw Thompson and Richards both holding handguns. The handgun Richards carried had an extended magazine. Richards and Thompson walked behind the Dairy Queen building. The witness said neither man had a gun when they reappeared. Thompson dropped where police found him, and Richards sat in front of the Dairy Queen. Officers searched the area and found a Glock 29 handgun with an extended magazine inside a dumpster on the south side of the Dairy Queen. 2 ••-CR-••-•••• Filed in District Court State of Minnesota 12/3/2025 Officers recovered surveillance video from Twins Market & Meat that showed the shooting.
