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According to a criminal complaint, 37-year-old Shay Michael Benson called 911 just after 5 a.m. on Sept. 7 and reported that a woman was lying in the shower with ”her head cracked open.”
When officers arrived, they found a man in his 40s with life-threatening gunshot wounds in the front yard of a residence. They provided aid, but the man died at the scene.
According to a criminal complaint filed Friday in Ramsey County, 52-year-old Lloyd Matthew McKenzie is charged with two counts of second-degree murder and one count of second-degree assault for the incident.
Just after 5 a.m. on Sept. 7, officers responded to a 911 call from 37-year-old Shay Michael Benson, who reported a medical incident involving a woman at his residence on the 6400 block of Bloomington Ave. S.
Joshua Anthony Jones pleaded guilty in July to two counts of second-degree murder for the Sept. 18, 2024 shootings that left 20-year-old Roland Littleowl and 39-year-old Robert Brown dead.
Investigators say evidence showed the victim’s roommate at the time, 35-year-old Stuart William Hanmer, was responsible for poisoning him with the substance.
On Friday, jurors found 39-year-old Alonzo Pierre Mingo guilty on multiple counts of first-degree murder for the Jan. 26, 2024, trio of brutal killings.
According to initial info, the incident began as a dispute between two men in the bus shelter. Police say the confrontation escalated until one of the men pulled out a gun and fired.
Court records show 58-year-old Troy Michael Mitteness was indicted by a grand jury in December 2024 on charges of first-degree premeditated murder and second-degree intentional murder.
A Minneapolis man accused of opening fire in Kandiyohi County during a multi-county pursuit last fall has pleaded guilty to murder and related charges under a Norgaard plea.
A now 17-year-old from Saint Paul who admitted to his role in a deadly drug robbery in Ramsey earlier this year will avoid prison time.
Police said staff locked doors to the church before Mass began, which likely prevented a worse outcome, and that the shooter tried to barricade one doorway from the outside. Officials said the guns used were purchased legally.
