A 44-year-old man fatally shot a teenager in a Target parking lot in Savage because he believed he was going to take marijuana without paying during a drug deal involving his son, and his wife is charged with helping to hide the crime, according to charges filed Thursday.
Taran Cortez Miller, of Prior Lake, and his 16-year-old son are charged with second-degree murder, while TanyaMarie Miller, 43, is charged with aiding an offender after the fact in connection with the death of Samuel A. Keezer, 16, of Burnsville.
According to charges filed in Scott County District Court:
Police arrived at the Target and found Keezer on the pavement covered in blood. He was conscious and said his head hurt.
Paramedics determined he was shot in the head and took him to HCMC, where he was placed on life support and died.
Police spoke with witnesses and pulled surveillance video, which showed Keezer getting out of one vehicle and into another. That vehicle was seen leaving the parking lot before Keezer fell or was pushed out.
Police learned that Keezer had been communicating with another juvenile over Snapchat to buy marijuana, and the two agreed to meet in the Target lot.