A 24-year-old Minneapolis man has been charged with murder and attempted murder in connection with a double homicide Thursday in St. Paul, the Ramsey County attorney's office said Friday.
Jamaine Jamie Williams faces two counts of intentional second-degree murder and one count of intentional attempted second-degree murder, accused of shooting three men — two fatally — early Thursday.
According to the criminal complaint:
Police were called to 271 Forbes Av. about 12:40 a.m. Thursday on a report of several shots fired. Officers arrived to find a porch light on and the door to an upstairs apartment open. They called out to anyone inside the apartment, received no response and went inside. There, they saw spent shell casings on the living room floor and blood on a wall and blinds.
They found two men dead in one of the rooms: Dominic Larrel Jasper, 26, of Blaine, and Kavonta Lashawn Pratt, 23, address unknown.
One was kneeling and slumped forward. He had gunshot wounds to his left side and back. A pistol was underneath his body near his hands. The second man was seated behind the first, with a gunshot wound to his head.
As other officers responded to that call, they found a third victim on the sidewalk in front of the Salvation Army at West 7th Street and Smith Avenue. "He had several gunshot wounds to his chest, neck, head and midsection. He told police that he did not know who shot him," according to the complaint.
While police were at the apartment, two women came and said they'd witnessed the shooting. They said the victims were visiting the apartment that night when there was a loud knock on the door. One of the women asked who was there.
