Donte Rapheal McCray, of Saint Louis Park, is accused in the death of Kyla Bianca O’Neal, 31, who was the mother of their 2-year-old and was engaged to McCray. She was pregnant at the time of the shooting, set to deliver their baby boy on Wednesday.
According to the statement of probable cause, police were sent to the Amazon warehouse at 9800 217th St. W. just before 7 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 8. Officers found O’Neal with a gunshot wound to the right side of her neck and a large amount of blood on her clothing.
The woman was initially unresponsive to resuscitation, but livesaving efforts and CPR continued while she was transported to Hennepin County Medical Center. Medical staff there performed an emergency cesarean section to deliver her unborn boy and O’Neal was pronounced dead a short time later.
The child is still considered in critical condition at the hospital as of Tuesday.
O’Neal’s manner of death was ruled a homicide, caused by the gunshot wound to her neck, which transected her spine.
According to the charges, McCray appeared distraught at the scene and told officers that he and O’Neal had been in an argument for most of the day. McCray said that O’Neal had learned that he had another child with another woman while O’Neal was pregnant.
