A 24-year-old man received a term topping 12 years for being at the side of a gunman who shot their target during a drug theft in South St. Paul.
Tre Manuel Iglesias of St. Paul was sentenced Thursday in Dakota County District Court after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in the Nov. 23 shooting of Avontae T. King of South St. Paul.
The plea deal between the defense and the prosecution called for Iglesias to receive a sentence ranging from 10⅔ to 12½ years. Judge Stacey Sorensen Green opted for the top figure.
With credit for time in jail since his arrest, Iglesias is expected to serve slightly more than seven years in prison and the balance on supervised release.
Iglesias’ accomplice, 21-year-old Andrew Michael Fisher of Cambridge, Minn., received a 13-year term in August 2024 after pleading guilty to the same count. Fisher is serving the first 7¾ years in prison before going on supervised release for the balance of his term.
According to the charges against both men:
While Fisher and Iglesias were in the home, in the 400 block of 3rd Avenue S., Fisher took a bag of marijuana off a table, and they both ran out. King went after them. Fisher shot King, and he and Iglesias got in a vehicle and drove off.
Iglesias soon contacted law enforcement, acknowledged his role and said Fisher was the one who shot King.
