A St. Paul man has been sentenced to 12½ years in prison for shooting an assault rifle at a Ramsey County sheriff’s deputy during a pursuit in March 2024 on St. Paul’s East Side.
Trevion Armand Figgs, 21, pleaded guilty to attempted murder in April. As part of the plea agreement, Hennepin County Judge Jean Burdoff handed down a 12½-year prison term at sentencing Tuesday and dismissed the remaining charges: first-degree assault of a peace officer and drive-by shooting. Figgs was given credit for 462 days already served in custody.
Trevion Armand Figgs (Courtesy of the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office)
Figgs fired at least three bullets from an assault rifle at Deputy Joe Kill, who was struck with shrapnel near his right collar bone. Kill was transported to Regions Hospital for minor injuries and left work for about a month to physically recover from the incident. A specialist determined his ribs had been displaced.
According to the criminal complaint, St. Paul police officers saw a person who was later identified as a 17-year-old driving a Honda Accord recklessly at Payne Avenue and Jessamine Street around 10:45 p.m. March 1, 2024. When officers tried to pull him over, he sped away.
Shortly after, Kill saw the Accord and noticed two people were in it. When the 17-year-old ran a red light at Payne Avenue and Seventh Street, Kill turned on his emergency lights and siren and began pursuing the vehicle.
As the Accord headed east on Euclid Street, the front-seat passenger, who wore a face mask and was later identified as Figgs, leaned out of the car, sat on the door frame and fired a tan-colored assault rifle at the deputy, who was 25 to 30 yards behind.
Kill swerved his squad to the left, stopped in the 900 block of Euclid Street and took cover under the driver compartment. Kill thought three shots were fired at him.
Two bullet fragments were recovered from the front floor of the deputy’s squad car. His ballistic vest showed a scuff mark on its upper right consistent with being struck by an object.
Surveillance audio from the neighborhood recorded approximately “three to five gunshot-like noises,” the complaint says. Officers found two .223-caliber rifle casings in the middle of Euclid Street.
Officers searched the area and found the Accord unoccupied and parked in an alley in the 1000 block of Pacific Street. Surveillance video showed the car in the alley around 10:50 p.m., then two people running east.
A search of the car turned up two more spent .223-caliber rifle casings. Paperwork showed the teen driver was in the process of buying the car.
Further investigation showed a close relationship between the teen and Figgs, whose house is in the area where the car was found.
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Investigators then received information from Figgs’ Snapchat account. It showed that an account associated with the teen sent Figgs a photo of Figgs wearing a black face mask and holding a tan assault rifle consistent with the one described by the deputy.
Officers executed a search warrant at Figgs’ home and arrested him. In an upper bedroom, officers recovered a tan AR-style rifle stock, a Polymer 80 handgun, a debit card in the teen’s name and loose .223- and 9mm-caliber ammunition.
In December 2024, the teen driver was adjudicated delinquent — the juvenile version of being found guilty — of aiding and abetting first-degree assault of a peace officer. He was placed on extended jurisdiction juvenile prosecution under the condition that he complete a long-term treatment program at the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Red Wing. An adult sentence of just over seven years was stayed pending completion of the juvenile term, which ends when he turns 21.
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