A 19-year-old from Michigan was charged Friday with fatally shooting a man in the head and wounding a woman early this month during drug activity in a south Minneapolis apartment.
Deaje A. Mayfield, of Flint, Mich., was charged in Hennepin County District Court with second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder in connection with the shooting of Nate D. Banks, 34, of Detroit Lakes, Minn., and a woman whose identity has yet to be identified.
A warrant was issued for Mayfield's arrest, and authorities believe he may have returned to Flint, the criminal complaint read.
According to the complaint:
Officers arrived at the apartment and found Banks on the floor with gunshot wounds to his head and elsewhere. Paramedics declared him dead at the scene.
The woman was nearby. She was shot in the head and neck. As of Friday morning, she was hospitalized in critical condition.
Camera video from inside the apartment revealed a substantial amount of illicit drug activity going on for a 1½-day period leading up to the shooting.
"One of the men ... was seen selling suspected drugs for cash," the charges read. "Several other people were seen coming and going from the apartment."
