DULUTH – Two suspects have been charged for their alleged roles in a fatal shooting Sunday in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood at an apartment that officers had visited earlier in response to a call about a home invasion.
Antonio Duryea Hendon, 35, is charged with second degree murder and assault with a deadly weapon, and Amber Michele Rose Walker, 41, is charged with aiding an offender to avoid arrest. Both are from Minneapolis.
Cody Thomas Telega, 37, of Duluth, died of gunshot wounds at the hospital.
According to court documents, the Duluth Police Department responded to a call about a home invasion at Telega’s apartment on the 100 block of East Third St. on Saturday night. A man, not Telega, who was alone at the apartment was reportedly assaulted by two people, then jumped out a back window to escape. He was taken to a hospital with injuries.
Police found that the door had been kicked in and a screen removed from a window.
Three hours later, police returned in response to a call that Telega had been shot. A witness told officials that Hendon, carrying a weapon and wearing gloves, came up the apartment building’s porch and told occupants to go inside. The witness heard four gunshots. Another witness, an upper-level tenant in the building, said the shooter also fired at him as he stood on his landing holding a hammer.
The witness went to check on Telega and found him on the ground behind a closed door. He dragged Telega into the building’s entryway.
Officers used several surveillance videos to identify and track the shooter’s movements, including a getaway in a van. Officers from the Cloquet Police Department saw the van heading south on Interstate 35. Hendon and Walker, who was driving, were arrested.
