A 17-year-old from Brooklyn Park has been charged as an adult with second-degree murder after he fatally shot an 18-year-old man inside a Minneapolis residence in December.
Jeairamiya Dewray Omar-Dear also faces three counts of felony assault for a separate shooting on a Metro Transit bus four days earlier that injured three people.
The murder happened around 2:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025, at a residence on the 1600 block of Thomas Avenue North in Minneapolis. The bus shooting happened around 3:20 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, near 36th Avenue North and Penn Avenue North in Minneapolis.
Omar-Dear faces one count of second-degree murder with intent in the fatal shooting and two counts of second-degree assault and one count of third-degree assault in the bus shooting in Hennepin County District Court. He is being held on $1 million bail in the murder case and $500,000 bail in the assault case.
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According to the murder complaint, officers responded to the residence and found an 18-year-old male who had been shot in the chest. The victim later died from his injuries. He sustained five bullet wounds in total, to his upper left chest, the left side of his back, his left arm, his left forearm and his left thigh. He was shot inside a bedroom.
Multiple witnesses saw the shooting. The shooter was identified by the nickname “J-Dot” and was at the residence with his girlfriend. Before the shooting, witnesses heard the victim ask the shooter if he was one of the people who shot up the transit bus. The shooter denied involvement. Witnesses then heard gunshots and saw the victim drop to the floor. A second witness who heard the same conversation saw the shooter shoot the victim after he was asked about the bus shooting.
Witnesses said the shooter and his girlfriend left the scene immediately after, with the shooter still holding a gun and running out of the house. Doorbell camera video from the previous day and nearby surveillance video captured the shooter.
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Officers executed a search warrant at the girlfriend’s home later that day and arrested Omar-Dear inside. They recovered a pair of black Air Force One shoes, a Glock 9mm pistol with an extended magazine, a Taurus 9mm pistol with an extended magazine and a box of 9mm ammunition. The girlfriend told investigators Omar-Dear admitted to her that he shot the victim and that he placed his handgun in a laundry basket, where it was later recovered.
Ballistics connected the two cases. One of the firearms matched the casings found at the murder scene and the casings found at the Metro Transit bus shooting four days earlier, the complaint states.
In the bus shooting, surveillance video captured the incident. According to that complaint, Omar-Dear and other suspects were riding the bus when they attempted to conceal their identity after a 21-year-old man boarded. Omar-Dear then walked toward the front of the bus and started shooting. After exiting the bus, he drew a pistol with an extended magazine and fired an additional five to six rounds through the bus’s exterior window, shattering it.
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Three people were shot. A 41-year-old man was hit in the back, with the bullet striking his kidney and spine before fragmenting into his abdomen. A 62-year-old man suffered injuries to his upper chest and jawline. The 21-year-old man, who appeared to be the intended target, sustained injuries to his arm.
Omar-Dear was seen on a friend’s Snapchat story shortly after the bus shooting wearing the same clothing and holding a pistol with an extended magazine, the complaint states. Three days later, officers searching a residence recovered an extended pistol magazine from the pocket of a jacket that matched the clothing he wore during the shooting.
Omar-Dear was on Extended Jurisdiction Juvenile probation for attempted second-degree murder at the time of both shootings. He had been on warrant status since Dec. 12, 2025.
Omar-Dear made his first court appearance Tuesday in Hennepin County District Court. If convicted of second-degree murder, he faces up to 40 years in prison.
