UPDATE | Oct. 6, 2026: On Aug. 7, 2026, a Hennepin County jury found Jose David Vazquez-Rodriguez and Victor Joseph Vasquez-Rodriguez guilty of second-degree intentional murder in the April 30, 2025, killing of Tiago Antonio Gilbert in Minneapolis, the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office said. Raphael Joseph Rodriguez was found guilty of two counts of aiding an offender after the fact. The three were convicted in a joint trial.
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story misspelled Raphael Joseph Rodriguez’s last name.
Three men have been charged in connection with a midday fatal shooting in Minneapolis that left a man dead in the street while children were nearly struck in a nearby car.
Minneapolis police responded to a report of a shooting at around 1 p.m. on April 30 in the 2100 block of Cedar Avenue South. Officers arrived to find a man lying on the east side of the street who was ultimately pronounced dead at the scene.
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