As two groups of women squabbled in a St. Paul parking lot Monday night, Rashad L. Burch, 25, walked over to a van that was parked near the action, authorities say.
In the passenger seat was Dwight (White White) Tate, 24, a man with whom Burch had a grudge, according to a criminal complaint filed Thursday.
Burch pulled out a silver handgun, the van's driver later told police, and he said to Tate: "White White. You know what time it is."
As the driver panicked and put the van in reverse, shots rang out. The van struck a fence, Tate fell into the parking lot and Burch stood over Tate and he fired again, the driver said.
Tate died early Tuesday at Regions Hospital, and Burch was charged Thursday in Ramsey County District Court with second-degree murder.
According to the complaint filed against him, Burch was alleged to have told someone on his cell phone almost immediately after the shooting that Tate had killed his "homeboy."
The arguments and shooting marked the start of a violent night on the city's East Side.
Just after 3 a.m. Tuesday, a third man, Romell Hill, 19, was shot to death by police after Hill allegedly shot and wounded a police officer. Like the earlier altercation, that incident, too, occurred at the Maryland Park Apartments, 1619 E. Maryland Av. Police were pursuing Hill because he'd been at the scene earlier.
