The victims: Liberty Borg, left, and Marisa Casebolt

Two women were killed and a 6-year-old boy was gravely injured when a man fleeing police in a stolen vehicle ran a red light and slammed into their car in north Minneapolis.

Authorities say the chaos began around 8 a.m. on Sept. 4 when several 911 callers reported that 45-year-old Troy Mike Payton was driving recklessly in the area of East Lake Street and Fourth Avenue South.

Payton reportedly crashed his vehicle into a silver car, then got out and pointed a gun at the woman who had exited. Prosecutors say he turned the firearm toward a second motorist, who sped away in fear, and then confronted a third driver in a black Volkswagen.