An accomplice in the fatal shooting of a 26-year-old South St. Paul man during a marijuana robbery has admitted to his role in the slaying.
Tre Manuel Iglesias (Courtesy of the Dakota County Sheriff’s Office)
Tre Manuel Iglesias, 24, of St. Paul, pleaded guilty Monday to aiding and abetting second-degree unintentional murder while committing a felony for the 2023 killing of Avontae Troy King, who died of a gunshot to the chest outside his home.
King had gone outside to go after Andrew Michael Fisher, who had grabbed a bag of marijuana off King’s table and ran out of the home. Fisher turned around and fired once, hitting King in the chest. Fisher and Iglesias sped away.
In August, Fisher, 21, of Cambridge, Minn., was sentenced to just shy of 13 years in prison after pleading guilty to the same charge. The length of the sentence was part of a plea deal he reached with prosecutors.
Iglesias’ plea document does not include a proposed term he will receive at sentencing, which is scheduled for Sept. 18. Two other counts will be dismissed: aiding and abetting second-degree intentional homicide and first-degree aggravated robbery.
Iglesias entered the plea at a hearing set for a jury trial, which was to begin this week.
King was a father of two boys, who were ages 4 and 2 at the time of his killing.
‘Shoot him’
According to court documents, Fisher and Iglesias went to King’s home in the 400 block of Third Avenue South on Nov. 24, 2023. After Fisher grabbed the marijuana, he and Iglesias ran. King was close behind. Fisher, while standing on the sidewalk, turned and shot King, and they fled the scene in Iglesias’ vehicle.
A neighbor told police it was just before 5 p.m. when he heard someone outside yell, “shoot him,” so he ran to his front window and saw three people moving quickly down the street. He said as the two men moved past a car parked in the street, one of them turned around and shot King, who fell to the ground and rolled in front of the car.
Andrew Michael Fisher (Courtesy of the Dakota County Sheriff’s Office)
The neighbor said the two men, who were wearing dark-colored hoodies, got into an older, black Chevrolet sedan. He called 911 and provided aid to King, who was lying in the street. He was unarmed.
King did not have a pulse when police arrived on scene. He was pronounced dead at Regions Hospital in St. Paul.
Later that night, Iglesias reported to law enforcement that he was there during the shooting.
Iglesias told investigators that Fisher had been staying on his couch for the last week. He said Fisher asked him for a ride and that they went to the South St. Paul home. He said Fisher, while standing on the sidewalk near the grassy part of the curb, shot King. Iglesias said he drove the car from the scene, according to the charges.
A woman told investigators she was at Iglesias’ residence that night when he and Fisher arrived there. Fisher asked her for a ride to Cambridge and she agreed. He changed out of his clothes. She said that during the drive, Fisher “mentioned shooting someone,” the charges say.
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