A 23-year-old man was shot and killed in St. Paul when a teen tried to rob the victim’s friend during a marijuana deal, prosecutors say in charges filed Tuesday.
Devon A. Johnson died last month, and police found him as his friend was driving him to the hospital.
The Ramsey County Attorney’s Office charged Deshawn A. Houston, 17, of Eagan, with the murder of Johnson and attempted murder of his friend. Prosecutors gave the following information in the charging document:
Multiple people called 911 about 11 p.m. on March 14, reporting hearing gunshots, vehicles crashing and two to four people running from the area in Dayton’s Bluff.
Officers found broken glass in the parking lot of Wilson Hi-Rise on Wilson Avenue near Johnson Parkway. There were two vehicles in the area that had heavy front-end damage, and police determined the vehicle that struck them was no longer there.
A short time later and about a mile away, officers saw a Jeep that also had heavy front-end damage and was being driven erratically in the area of Minnehaha Avenue and Frank Street. Officers stopped the vehicle and the driver said his friend had been shot and was in the backseat.
Officers gave CPR to Johnson until St. Paul fire medics arrived. They attempted to resuscitate Johnson, but he was pronounced dead at the scene. An autopsy found he’d been shot in the chest.
Police found suspected marijuana in plastic bags, a digital scale and $346 in the…
