Man Charged After Shakopee Shooting Leaves Victim Critical

A 30-year-old man is facing attempted murder and first-degree assault charges after prosecutors say he shot another man inside a Shakopeetownhome early Saturday.

Dejon Paul Brown, 30, is accused of shooting the 40-year-old victim multiple times, leaving him in critical condition, before fleeing and leading officers on a chase that ended in Mendota Heightslater that evening.

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According to a criminal complaint, officers were sent to a home on Grove Drivearound 3:13 a.m. Saturday after a man called 911 saying he had been shot and was dying. The 911 operator heard yelling in the background before another person, identified in the complaint as a woman at the scene, confirmed the victim had been hit.

Police went upstairs and found the man unresponsive with a resident holding pressure to a wound on his abdomen. According to the complaint, officers foundgunshot wounds on his abdomen, back, hand, leg and right buttock.Six shell casings were recovered near a shattered sliding door riddled with bullet holes.

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Investigators interviewed two people who were at the home, including a woman who initially said she did not see the shooting. At the police station, she told detectives she did witness it and identified the shooter as 30-year-old Dejon Paul Brown.She said Brown approached the victim “like he was mad at him,” pulled a gun and fired immediately. She said there was no argument and believed Brown had come upstairs intending to shoot.

The witness said Brown is in a relationship with a woman who had been at the residence shortly before the shooting and left with another woman. She told officers she believed the dispute stemmed from that relationship.

You Tube: Video of the police chase in Mendota Heights

According to the complaint, officers learned Brown and the woman left in her Honda CR-V. A ping warrant was obtained and investigators went to her Minneapolis residence. Around 7 p.m. the Honda was found parked behind the home. Hours later officers saw a silver Pontiac pull up, with the woman driving and Brown getting out to move bags between the vehicles. When officers boxed in the Pontiac, the woman reversed into a squad and sped away.