18-year-old charged in fatal shooting at south Minneapolis bus stop

An 18-year-old Minneapolis man has been charged with murder in connection with a fatal shooting at a south Minneapolis bus stop last month.

The suspect, Jose Cippirno Dominguez, was arrested Friday and charged Tuesday with second-degree murder. The victim was identified as Derrick L. Harding-Reyes, 32. Attorney information for Dominguez was not immediately available.

According to the criminal complaint:

Minneapolis police responded Dec. 21 to reports that a man was shot in the head inside the bus shelter at the intersection of S. 24th Street and S. Nicollet Avenue, outside Hark's Food Market.

Officers found Harding-Reyes with a single gunshot wound and performed rescue measures, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators canvassed the area and found video that captured nearly the entire incident, according to the complaint.

Surveillance video showed a man, alleged to be Dominguez, get off a bus at the stop and walk south to a nearby business vestibule, and then walk back to the bus stop shelter. The man and Harding-Reyes exchanged words, but what they said couldn't be made out through the audio, according to the complaint.

The shooter then fled the bus stop while a passerby called 911, according to the charges.

Bus surveillance video and records show that Dominguez paid for his bus ride "immediately" before the murder with a bus pass issued in his name, charges state. Dominguez learned that investigators wanted to speak with him, and he contacted them.

During the voluntary interview, Dominguez provided his bus pass, which the complaint says was the same pass used on the bus before the fatal shooting, according to Metro Transit's bus pass records. Dominguez told investigators he always had his pass with him and no one else has used it since it was purchased in September.

Investigators also looked at bus video before and after the murder, where Dominguez is allegedly seen pulling his pass from a distinctive wallet that he also had during the interview.

Dominguez denied committing the murder, saying he was home doing dishes and playing video games at the time. He was unable to recall what he did in the days immediately before the murder, according to the complaint.