Teen will be tried as adult for murder in Minneapolis shooting

He was initially charged as a juvenile. The new criminal complaint filed in his case said that on Monday he waived a certification hearing to determine whether he should stand trial as an adult.

November 3, 2021 at 10:13PM

A teenage suspect in an alleged retaliatory shooting in Minneapolis has been charged as an adult.

Christopher Shawn-Michael Johnson, 17, of Minneapolis, was charged as an adult Wednesday in the Aug. 8 fatal shooting of Darryl Ramon Wells Jr.

Johnson is charged with one count of second-degree intentional murder for shooting Wells, 25, of Minneapolis, near the Skyline convenience store, at 1821 Glenwood Av.

According to the complaint: Surveillance video showed Johnson with several other people at a makeshift memorial near where another man had been fatally shot on Aug. 7.

The video allegedly showed him in a stolen Porsche SUV with two men. Wells was seen entering the convenience store, followed by two men who exited a Dodge Charger.

The two men fired at Wells, who fled the store, the charges said.

The Porsche clipped Wells, who ran around a street corner and collapsed near an alley. The Porsche drove up to Wells, and Johnson and another juvenile got out and shot him at close range, the complaint said.

CHAO XIONG

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Chao Xiong was the Hennepin County Courts reporter for the Star Tribune. He previously covered Ramsey County courts, St. Paul police, the state of Minnesota and the city of Minneapolis.

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