A felon who fatally shot a 29-year-old woman outside a north Minneapolis home has pleaded guilty and agreed to a 20-year term.
Tyrone E. Maddox, 40, of Minneapolis admitted in Hennepin County District Court to second-degree unintentional murder in connection with the death on Feb. 28 of Shamso Gedi-Abdi of St. Paul.
As part of the plea deal reached Tuesday, charges of second-degree intentional murder and being a felon in possession of a firearm will be dismissed.
With credit for time in jail since his arrest, Maddox would serve the first 13 ¼ years in prison and the balance on supervised release. Sentencing is scheduled for Monday.
Maddox's criminal history in Minnesota includes convictions for second-degree assault in 2003 and for illegal weapons possession in 2013.
Officers responding about 6:20 a.m. to the 3200 block of N. Logan Avenue saw Gedi-Abdi facedown in the street. She was taken by emergency responders to a hospital and declared dead from a gunshot to the abdomen.
Video surveillance showed Gedi-Abdi had walked up to a car. Maddox got out and approached the woman, who soon crumpled to the ground. Maddox left the scene in the car.
The driver told investigators that Maddox shot Gedi-Abdi and said to him, "I am a … killer in the streets!" according to the criminal complaint.
