A St. Paul man was one of the victims in a shooting in Minneapolis on Tuesday that left four people dead and another injured.
Evan Ramon Denny, 27, of St. Paul, was among the people killed, the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office said Friday.
James Duane Ortley (Courtesy of the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office)
After a multi-day search by U.S. Marshals, the FBI, and Minneapolis Police, James Duane Ortley, 34, was arrested Thursday. The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office said Friday he’d been charged with three counts of second-degree murder and two counts of second-degree attempted murder.
Because a fourth person died Thursday, an additional second-degree murder charge will be sought, the county attorney’s office said. Ortley was also charged with one count of illegal possession of a firearm due to a past conviction for second-degree assault.
Police said they believe Tuesday’s shooting was targeted and may have been gang-related.
Shortly before midnight on Tuesday, Minneapolis police were called to the 1500 block of East 25th Street on reports of gunfire.
A witness later told police that “Little James,” identified by law enforcement as Ortley, was a friend of one of the victims. He was in a vehicle with the victims when he shot everyone inside, according to the criminal complaint.
Other people reported that the five victims were together at a family friend’s residence in South Minneapolis and their plans were to pick up “Baby J,” another nickname’s of Ortley’s. He was “known to be a close family friend to the victims,” the complaint said.
Ortley is associated with the Native Mob gang, according to the complaint, which didn’t give a motive for the shootings.
Along with Denny, the medical examiner’s office said the following people were killed: Joseph Douglas Goodwin, 17, and Tiago Antonio Gilbert, 34, both from Minneapolis, and Merelle Joan White, 20, of Red Lake.
Another woman who was also shot remains hospitalized. Her condition was not released by authorities on Friday.
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