An online feud spiraled into a real-world ambush that left a bystander with a gunshot wound to the chest near a busy Saint Paul intersection earlier this month.

Sonram Poowang, 20, and Soe Moe Aung, 20, each face charges of first-degree assault, second-degree assault and second-degree riot in Ramsey County.

Criminal complaints outline a scheme in which a girl was allegedly used to lure two victims to a meeting spot before the suspects chased them in a black Mercedes sedan and opened fire.

The shooting happened around 8:50 p.m. on March 13 near the intersection of Old Hudson Road and White Bear Avenue. A man pumping gas at a nearby Holiday station told police he heard what he thought were fireworks and saw two vehicles at the intersection that appeared to be exchanging gunfire.