A second man has admitted to being involved in a fatal shooting in a crowded downtown Minneapolis parking lot as bars were emptying one summer night.
Casey Jermar Davis, 30, of St. Paul pleaded guilty on Jan. 4 to one count of second-degree murder and two counts of second-degree assault in connection with the shooting on July 28, 2022, that killed 20-year-old Chante L. Williams of St. Paul and wounded two people in the 300 block of 1st Avenue N.
Sentencing for Davis is scheduled for Jan. 21. With credit for time in jail since his arrest, he is expected to serve about 15¾ years in prison and the balance on supervised release.
Co-defendant Cleveland Cornell Longmire, 31, of Brooklyn Center was sentenced in August 2024 to a term of more than 11 years. With credit for time in jail since his arrest, Longmire is expected to serve about 6¼ years in prison and the balance on supervised release.
Longmire said Davis shot Williams and then “took out his cellphone and took a photograph of [Williams’] lifeless body” before getting in a vehicle and leaving the scene, the complaints against both men read.
In January 2024, Longmire was sentenced in federal court to 7½ years in prison after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm stemming from his actions on the night of the shooting. He will serve the two sentences concurrently.
Officers were dispatched in response to an altercation and saw a crowd in a parking lot next to Dulono’s Sports Bar. Two minutes later, they heard rapid gunfire and saw three people fall to the pavement.
