A man wanted on an active felony warrant is now charged with shooting a resident of a nearby apartment in the chest near a homeless encampment in south Minneapolis last month.
The shooting happened the evening of Wednesday, March 25, in an alley near East Franklin Avenue and 2nd Avenue South.
Jerome Antione Marshall, 51, faces second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon and felon in possession of a firearm. A separate criminal complaint filed a day earlier charges him with felon in possession of a firearm and fifth-degree drug possession stemming from his arrest.
Minneapolis police were alerted to shots fired in the alley around 8:20 p.m. March 25, according to court documents. When officers arrived, they found the victim lying on rubble and with a gunshot wound to the chest. He was transported to the hospital for emergency surgery.
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The victim later told investigators he lived in a nearby apartment and had been watching people at a homeless encampment in the alley “deal drugs for days.” On the night of the shooting, he reportedly approached the camp to demand that they leave. During the confrontation, the complaint says, Marshall pulled a pistol and fired a single round into the victim’s chest as the victim fell to the ground while pulling on a tarp.
The victim picked Marshall out of a sequential photo lineup. Other people at the encampment confirmed that Marshall was there at the time of the shooting, according to the complaint. Surveillance video from a nearby building captured the shooting and showed Marshall running from the scene afterward.
Marshall was still wanted on an active felony warrant in an earlier firearm case when officers located him on Sunday, April 5, near a community center on the 1800 block of Portland Avenue. They placed him under arrest on the warrant around 5 p.m. Marshall told officers he was carrying a gun, the complaint says, and a search turned up a loaded .380 Smith & Wesson semi-automatic handgun on his person.
The caliber of that firearm matched the round fired into the victim on March 25, the complaint says.
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Officers also found four bindles containing about 0.12 ounces of a rock-like substance that tested positive for methamphetamine, two bindles of a white powder that tested positive for fentanyl and more than $500 in small bills, according to court records. Prosecutors describe the quantities, packaging and cash as indicators of possible narcotics distribution.
Court records show Marshall has multiple prior felony convictions for crimes of violence, including a 2025 Hennepin County firearm case and two fifth-degree drug convictions from 2020. He was on supervision for the 2025 firearm case at the time of the alley shooting.
The state may amend the assault complaint to increase the severity of the charges depending on further review of the victim’s injuries, according to court documents. Marshall remains in custody and is set to make his first appearance on the charges today.
Second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon carries a maximum penalty of seven years in prison and a $14,000 fine.
