Murder charges: 20-year-old fatally shot man during Minneapolis drug deal

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (FOX 9) – A 20-year-old man is going through prices after he allegedly shot one other man throughout a drug deal gone fallacious in Minneapolis on Oct 6.

Jacob Jon Lewis, 20, of St. Francis, was charged with one depend of second-degree homicide with intent within the demise of 34-year-old Haywood Jones close to the 2000 block of thirtieth Avenue North in Minneapolis.

In line with court docket paperwork, police responded to a report of a taking pictures on Thursday and located a person, later recognized as Jones, on the bottom with a number of gunshot wounds to his again. He was transported to the hospital, the place he later died. 

Witnesses advised police they noticed Jones and a driver, police recognized as Lewis, get right into a battle. Witnesses claimed Lewis was contained in the car when he shot Jones, then received out and walked over to him, firing one other spherical into Jones’s again, the grievance states. 

Lewis received again into the car and drove away from the scene, the grievance says.

A girl in Lewis’ car on the time of the taking pictures allegedly advised police the 2 have been within the space attempting to purchase medication, the grievance states. 

After the taking pictures, they drove to her dad or mum’s home, the place Lewis eliminated the license plates from the car. The grievance states the lady’s mother and father advised police he moved the car into the driveway the place it couldn’t be seen as simply from the road.

Two days later, legislation enforcement discovered Lewis and arrested him. Police mentioned he advised investigators he was on the scene in the course of the deadly taking pictures and was the driving force of the car, in accordance with the grievance. 

Lewis’s bond was set at $700,000 with situations and $1 million with out situations. He made his first court docket look Wednesday afternoon. If convicted, he might resist 40 years in jail. 

Lewis was on probation for a first-degree aggravated theft conviction on the time of the Oct. 6 taking pictures, in accordance with court docket paperwork.