A man is facing charges in connection with a fatal shooting in south Minneapolis last week.
Mickiah Latrell Jackson, 39, has been charged with one count of second-degree murder and one count of possessing ammunition/firearm.
On April 30 at around 7:47 p.m., officers responded to a shooting on the 3000 block of 15th Avenue South and found a man with multiple gunshot wounds who was later pronounced dead.
The man was later identified as 51-year-old Derrick Lamont Ewing.
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Crime scene officials found a fired bullet and multiple 9mm discharged casings. Court documents say that a neighbor later found a bullet fragment in their stairwell.
Through the investigation, officers found surveillance footage from nearby businesses from the time of the shooting, which showed three men, one of whom was identified as Jackson.
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Court records note that the video showed Jackson walking from the back of a building to where Ewing was sitting with other people just after 7:33 p.m. Jackson was seen extending his arm towards Ewing, who then handed Jackson a black bag, the criminal complaint states.
As a second person ran up to Jackson and Ewing, Ewing turned as if he were running away. According to court documents, Jackson then extends both arms towards Ewing, and while Ewing runs in the street, Jackson kept both arms extended in front of him.
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The video then showed Jackson and the two other people running away as Ewing collapsed in the street.
Police met with a witness who identified the shooting suspect as “Uncle Mookie.” The witness said that “Uncle Mookie” had told them that he robbed someone named “Black” of their drugs and had shot “Black.”
The witness described “Uncle Mookie’s” physical appearance to officers and provided them with a cell phone number, according to the complaint. Police ran the number and found it had Jackson’s name listed as a historical name on the account.
Officers showed the witness a picture of Jackson, and they positively identified Jackson as “Uncle Mookie.”
Court documents show that officers also talked with a second witness who said they were with their friend “Black” on 15th Avenue South. The second witness said that some “young guys” walked up and were watching them.
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The second witness said that a suspect came from the back alley, pointed a gun at “Black” and robbed him. When “Black” told the suspect he did not have anything, the suspect shot him, court records note.
Authorities also showed the second witness a picture of Jackson, who positively identified him as the shooter.
On Tuesday, officers arrested Jackson, and he is currently in custody at Hennepin County Jail.
Jackson has prior felony convictions for first-degree aggravated robbery, attempted robbery, third-degree controlled substance sale, fifth-degree controlled substance crime and first-degree manslaughter.
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A United Airlines flight bound for Minneapolis from Chicago was reportedly diverted after an “unruly passenger” tried to breach the cockpit late on Friday.
The FBI and police responded to reports of a security concern with the passenger, who was detained by police at the Dane county regional airport in Madison, Wisconsin.
The flight continued its journey to Minneapolis, landing early on Saturday morning, according to FlightAware data. There were no reported injuries among the 147 passengers and six crew members onboard the flight.
A United spokesperson said flight 2005 “landed safely in Madison … to address a security concern with an unruly passenger”.
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The FBI in Milwaukee said the agency was notified of the flight’s diversion, and its agents, along with local law enforcement, responded to the airport.
“A subject was detained by the [local] sheriff’s office, and afterwards passengers resumed their flight,” an FBI spokesperson said.
In air traffic communications reported by NBC News, personnel onboard the plane could be heard discussing the attempted cockpit breach with ground control.
“I do not believe they ever cuffed him, but they were able to finally get control of him after multiple attempts to try to breach the cockpit,” a member of the crew said. “I believe at this point he is seated in a seat and flanked with law enforcement officers on either side.”
Aircraft hijackings are almost unheard of in the US since the September 11 terrorist attacks in 2001, when four aircraft were taken over by Islamic extremists, including two that crashed into and destroyed New York’s World Trade Center.
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But between 1968 and 1972, known as hijacking’s so-called golden age, more than 130 US planes were hijacked. Many of those hijackers demanded to be flown to Cuba.
CHICAGO (WLS) — A United Airlines flight that left Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport Friday was diverted due to an unruly passenger, officials said.
United flight 2005 from Chicago was headed to Minneapolis but landed in Madison, Wisconsin.
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“United flight 2005 from Chicago to Minneapolis landed safely in Madison, Wisconsin to address a security concern with an unruly passenger,” the airline said in a statement. “The flight is expected to continue to Minneapolis later on Friday.”
An ICE agent facing several assault charges in connection with a January shooting involving two Venezuelan people in Minnesota has been arrested in Texas, the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office said.
Christian Castro was charged earlier this month with four counts of second-degree assault and one count of falsely reporting a crime.
CNN is working to determine whether Castro has an attorney and has reached out to the Department of Homeland Security for comment.
Castro faces those charges in connection with the shooting of Julio Sosa-Celis, a Venezuelan man shot in the leg through the front door of a Minneapolis home. The incident took place during the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement blitz in the Twin Cities.
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Originally, Sosa-Celis and his cousin Alfredo A. Aljorna were facing federal charges after DHS said they had attacked an agent, prompting him to fire a defensive shot.
But the Justice Department dropped the charges in February, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement said two of its agents, who made false statements about the incident under oath, were placed on administrative leave.
