A three-time convicted felon has been arrested and charged in the August killing of a Minneapolis man in St. Paul’s Frogtown neighborhood.
A witness told police that Kireice Plez-Sachet Williams, 24, shot Levon T. Washington, 26, about 4:15 a.m. Aug. 16 after an argument about “which side they were on,” according to a Tuesday criminal complaint charging Williams with second-degree intentional murder.
Williams, of New Brighton, was scheduled to make a first appearance on the charge Tuesday in Ramsey County District Court.
Five weeks before the shooting, Williams was released from the Hennepin County jail after posting $100,000 bond in two cases stemming from December non-fatal shootings in Minneapolis. Both cases remain pending in court.
Williams’ criminal history includes convictions in two cases: aiding and abetting first-degree aggravated robbery and threats of violence, both in Ramsey County in 2018. He was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm in Hennepin County in 2021.
According to Tuesday’s complaint, St. Paul police were sent to the 300 block of Edmund Avenue, east of Western Avenue, on a report of a man who’d been shot. Officers found Washington lying on the ground with a gunshot wound to his neck and an exit wound in his back.
Washington didn’t have a pulse. Officers sealed the wounds and performed CPR until medics arrived and transported him to Regions Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
Witness statements
Officers found a spent 9 mm casing near where they found Washington.
A close friend of Washington identified the shooter as Williams, and gave officers a photo of him. She told police she saw Williams fire a single shot at Washington before fleeing.
Kireice Plez-Sachet Williams (Courtesy of the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office)
A second woman also identified the shooter as Williams. She said he came over and did a large amount of cocaine in front of everyone. She said he was talking to someone on the phone before he shot Washington and ran.
A third woman said Washington and the shooter argued about “which side they were on” and Washington told him, “I don’t know you,” the woman told police, according to the complaint. The shooter then said, “I’ll shoot you right now,” pulled out a firearm and shot him.
Investigators found a cellphone number associated with Williams. Location data showed the phone was near his New Brighton apartment about a half-hour before the shooting and then at the area of the shooting.
Location data showed Williams called his wife after the shooting, then went to his brother’s house in Woodbury.
Further investigation and surveillance video showed that Williams and his wife went to the Walmart in New Richmond, Wis., the afternoon of the killing. Williams picked out a Straight Talk Wireless prepaid phone, and his wife paid for it.
“Williams was supposed to meet with his probation officer after the shooting occurred, but he called her with excuses as to why he could not appear at the scheduled time,” the complaint states.
Past trouble
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Williams was charged April 18 with first-degree aggravated robbery and aiding an offender to avoid arrest in connection with a Dec. 5 incident in south Minneapolis. According to the complaint in that case, Williams was “coaching” his juvenile brother through texts on how to rob a man of his car. Williams’ brother allegedly shot the man several times, critically wounding him.
Five days later, Williams was charged with second-degree assault and drive-by shooting for allegedly shooting a 17-year-old boy from the back seat of a black Chevy Tahoe outside a Minneapolis police station in north Minneapolis about 12:40 p.m. on Dec. 29. The boy was shot in the chest and “officers on scene heard shots and witnessed bullets coming through the police department windows,” the complaint says.
Williams was arrested in both cases on June 9 and released from jail on bond the next day.
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