A man with a history of gun convictions was charged Friday with attempted murder, accused of opening fire in Maplewood while two juveniles cowered in fear nearby.
Officers responded to an apartment building parking lot at Larpenteur Avenue and McMenemy Street about 5:55 p.m. on April 16. A child had just exited a bus and was waiting to be buzzed into an apartment building when the shooting happened.
Surveillance video showed a Chevrolet Malibu entered the lot and drove past a gold vehicle. The shooter got out of the Chevrolet, pulled out a handgun and fired three volleys at the other vehicle. Police found 18 spent casings in the parking lot.
“The volleys were in rapid succession and the video’s audio suggests that there was a trigger activator on the handgun making it fully automatic,” the complaint said. Video also showed the child from the bus and another juvenile were in fear as they tried to get into the building.
A passenger from the gold sedan got into the driver’s seat, drove to Regions Hospital and dropped off a 22-year-old man. The man was treated for gunshot wounds to his left shoulder and left leg. He did not want to talk to police, the complaint said.
After law enforcement identified the license plate on the Chevrolet, police pulled over the vehicle on April 22 in Minneapolis. They found Muhnee Jaleel Bailey, 24, of St. Paul, was driving.
Bailey was on release from the Federal Bureau of Prisons to a halfway house in Minneapolis, according to the complaint. He pleaded guilty in March 2023 to a federal charge of possession of a firearm as felon.
On the day of the shooting, Bailey returned to the house wearing clothes that matched the shooter’s, the complaint said of surveillance footage. He was wearing a sweatshirt that said, “In Glock We Trust.”
Police learned that Bailey and a woman resided in St. Paul, and they carried out a search warrant at the residence on Aurora Avenue near Central Village Park.
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Officers found a Glock with an extended magazine, another Glock in a backpack, a pistol without a serial number and ammunition in the basement room where Bailey and the woman stayed.
The woman told police that she has a permit to carry and owns a handgun; she said she wasn’t aware of other firearms in the bedroom.
Police arrested Bailey on Wednesday. The Ramsey County Attorney’s Office charged him with second-degree intentional attempted murder (not premediated), drive-by shooting and four counts of possession of a firearm or ammunition by a person prohibited due to a conviction for a crime of violence.
In addition to the federal case, Bailey has been convicted of possession of a pistol without a permit, possession of a trigger activator, drive-by shooting and fleeing police in a vehicle, the complaint said.
When: 5 p.m. Sunday Where: Lumen Field, Seattle Stream: MLS Season Pass on Apple TV Radio: KSTP-AM, 1500 Weather: 65 degrees, sunny, 10 mph south wind Betting line: Seattle minus-105; draw plus-240; MNUFC plus-290
Form: MNUFC (7-3-6, 27 points) is unbeaten in four, but two wins have been followed by two draws, including a scoreless one at Vancouver on Wednesday. Seattle (7-4-5, 26 points) is unbeaten in three, including 1-0 wins over Dallas and San Diego.
View: The Loons looked at the Vancouver match as a litmus test against the top team in the West but left lodging complaints about the poor turf at BC Place. That falls flat. Whitecaps played on it, too, and had 20% more possession.
Milestone: Captain Michael Boxall made his 250 appearance for MNUFC across all competitions on Wednesday. Hassani Dotson, who is out for the season, sits in second (166) and Robin Lod is approaching in third (155).
Recent matchups: Lumen Field has been hell on earth for MNUFC. The Loons are 0-9-0 in MLS in Seattle with a minus-15 goal differential, including a 2-0 loss under head coach Eric Ramsay last June.
Quote: “Obviously, it’s always been tough in Seattle, but I think we can have that same gutsy defensive effort, but we need to make more of our chances on set pieces and with the ball in the final third,” Boxall said. “We need to rotate the ball long enough to have time to get our wingbacks up and get more numbers in the final third, recover from (Wednesday night) and make sure we are fresh to really give it a proper go on Sunday.”
Comparison: Julian Gressel showed how much more integral he can be in possession over Bongi Hlongwane at right wingback on Wednesday. Grease completed 20 of 24 passes (83%) in his 45 minutes, while Hlongwane was 5 for 9 (56%) in his 45 minutes.
Absences: Kipp Keller (hamstring) and Sang Bin Jeong (U.S. Green Card) are out.
Update: With an international break coming next week, head coach Eric Ramsay won’t have outside considerations on the starting XI he picks for Sunday.
Context: Ramsay said there is no added element to MNUFC playing on Apple TV’s new showcase — Sunday Night Soccer — but the added day of rest is helpful as Loons end a very busy month.
Scouting report: While Jordan Morris has been out most of the season, Albert Rusnak has carried the scoring with five goals in his past six matches. And forward Daniel Musovski (five goals in 640 minutes) returned for the San Diego win.
Stat: MNUFC leads MLS in least amount of time trailing this season. Going into Wednesday, the Loons have been behind only 6.8 % of the regular season, per MLS. Then MNUFC lowered that number in a scoreless draw.
Prediction: Seattle is one of only two teams to be undefeated at home this season, and Minnesota’s history there makes a road win seem far fetched. Seattle, 2-1.
NEW YORK — Twenty-nine shows on Broadway got Tony Award nominations this season, but not all will walk away with a trophy — and the box office attention they usually bring.
Here are some key things to know as Broadway’s biggest night approaches, including how to watch, who is poised to make history, what old favorite gets to take a victory lap and how you can see George Clooney on Broadway from the comfort of your couch.
FILE – A view of the stage appears before the start of the 75th annual Tony Awards on Sunday, June 12, 2022, at Radio City Music Hall in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
FILE – George Clooney appears at the “Good Night, and Good Luck” Broadway opening night on April 3, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File)
Joy Woods, left, and Audra McDonald appear during a performance of the Broadway musical “Gypsy” in New York. (Julieta Cervantes via AP)
This image released by Polk & Co. shows Megan Hilty, left, and Jennifer Simard during a performance of “Death Becomes Her” in New York. (Matthew Murphy/Polk & Co. via AP)
This image released by Polk & Co. shows Wesley Wray with the Broadway company of Buena Vista Social Club during a performance in New York. (Matthew Murphy/Polk & Co. via AP)
Cole Escola appears during a Broadway performance of “Oh, Mary!” in New York. (Emilio Madrid via AP)
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FILE – A view of the stage appears before the start of the 75th annual Tony Awards on Sunday, June 12, 2022, at Radio City Music Hall in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
The Tonys will be broadcast to both coasts on Sunday, June 8, from 8 p.m. ET-11 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT to 8 p.m. PT., live from Radio City Music Hall.
How can I watch them?
On CBS and streaming on Paramount+ in the U.S.
Who’s hosting the Tony Awards?
Tony-, Emmy- and Grammy-winner and three-time Oscar nominee Cynthia Erivo, the “Wicked” star, will be making her debut hosting the Tonys. She won the lead actress in a musical Tony in 2016 for “The Color Purple” and will have just released her new album, “I Forgive You.”
A pre-show will be broadcast on Pluto TV from 6:40 p.m.-8:00 p.m. ET/3:40 p.m.-5:00 p.m. PT, where some Tonys will be handed out. Darren Criss and Renée Elise Goldsberry will host that telecast. Viewers can access it on their smart TV, streaming device, mobile app or online by going to Pluto TV and clicking on the “Live Music” channel, found within the Entertainment category on the service.
How many awards are there?
A total of 26 competitive categories, from lead and featured actors to scenic, costume and lighting design. Some technical award handouts may be pre-taped and winners won’t appear on the live show, only cut down into edited bits sandwiched into the telecast.
What are the top nominees?
There are three of them: “Buena Vista Social Club,” which takes its inspiration from Wim Wenders’ 1999 Oscar-nominated documentary; “Death Becomes Her,” based on the 1992 cult classic film; and “ Dead Outlaw,” a musical about a real life alcoholic drifter shot dead in 1911 and whose afterlife proved to be stranger than fiction. Each have a leading 10 nominations.
Who is vying for best new play and musical?
For new musicals, it’s “Buena Vista Social Club,” “Dead Outlaw,” “Death Becomes Her,” “Maybe Happy Ending” and “Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical.”
For new plays, it’s “English,” “The Hills of California,” “John Proctor Is the Villain,” “Oh, Mary!” and “Purpose.”
Many of the races are unusually tight this year, the product of a Broadway heaving with shows after having largely rebounded from the pandemic.
“I haven’t seen one nominated show that I haven’t been wowed by. Everything brings something,” says Lowe Cunningham, lead producer of “Death Becomes Her” and also a Tony voter.
“How dare the Broadway community come together with such excellent work,” she jokes. “I needed everything else to be much worse, and I don’t appreciate it.”
Can history be made?
Audra McDonald, the most recognized performer in the theater awards’ history, could possibly extending her Tony lead. Already the record holder for most acting wins with six Tonys, McDonald could add to that thanks to her leading turn in an acclaimed revival of “Gypsy.” She will push the record for a performer to most wins with seven if she prevails on Tony night.
And Kara Young — the first Black actress to be nominated for a Tony Award in four consecutive years — could become the first Black person to win two Tonys consecutively should she win for her role in the play “Purpose.”
Other possible firsts: — Daniel Dae Kim could becomes the first Asian winner in the category of best leading actor in a play for his work in a revival of “Yellow Face.” And Marjan Neshat and her co-star Tala Ashe are vying to become the first female actors of Iranian descent to win a Tony.
A special guest
Normally, shows open for several years don’t get any Tony telecast attention but “Hamilton” is no normal show. The original cast will celebrate the show’s 10th anniversary on Broadway with a performance featuring creator Lin-Manuel Miranda and actors Goldsberry, Ariana DeBose, Daveed Diggs, Jonathan Groff, Christopher Jackson, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Javier Muñoz, Leslie Odom, Jr., Okieriete Onaodowan and Phillipa Soo.
What will producers hope to avoid?
Any repeat of last year, when Jay-Z’s electrifying reunion with Alicia Keys on what appeared to be a live duet of “Empire State of Mind” was actually pre-taped hours before the live show. The appearance by the rapper in support of Keys’ musical “Hell’s Kitchen” turned out to be a piece of Hollywood trickery, undercutting the Broadway community’s full-throated embrace of live singing and dancing.
Broadway’s big season
The health of Broadway — once very much in doubt during the pandemic lockdown — is now very good, at least in terms of box office. The 2024-2025 season took in $1.9 billion, the highest-grossing season in recorded history, overtaking the pre-pandemic previous high of $1.8 billion during the 2018-2019 season.
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In terms of attendance, Broadway welcomed nearly 14.7 million ticket buyers, the second best attended season on record, behind only 2018-2019. But sky-high ticket prices have led to fears that Broadway is getting financially out of touch.
A revival of “Othello” with Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal broke the record for top-grossing play in Broadway history with a gross of $2,818,297 for eight performances, fueled by some seats going for as high as $921.
How can you get in the mood?
Even if you haven’t been able to get to Broadway this season, you can still see one of the shows. The night before the Tonys, “Good Night, and Good Luck” — starring and co-written by Clooney, a Tony acting nominee — will stream across CNN properties.
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — James Talbot, a former Catholic priest convicted of sexually assaulting boys in Maine and Massachusetts after he was exposed by the investigation that led to the movie “Spotlight,” has died. He was 87.
Talbot, a former Jesuit, appeared on a list provided by the religious order of northeastern Jesuits who faced credible allegations of sexual abuse of a minor. Talbot died on Feb. 28 at a hospice center in St. Louis, said Mike Gabriele, a spokesperson for Jesuits USA East.
Talbot was one of the subjects of an investigation into priest sex abuse by The Boston Globe that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2003 and was adapted into the 2015 movie “Spotlight.” The investigation revealed widespread sexual abuse, and coverup of that abuse, within the Catholic Church. Jesuits USA East did not offer a comment about Talbot’s death.
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He pleaded guilty in 2018 to gross sexual assault and unlawful sexual contact after charges that he sexually abused a 9-year-old boy at a Maine church in the 1990s. He was ordered to serve three years in prison for that conviction.
Prior to the Maine conviction, Talbot spent six years in prison after pleading guilty to raping and sexually assaulting two students in Boston. He has settled lawsuits with more than a dozen victims in addition to the convictions.
Talbot was a former teacher and athletic coach at Boston College High School from 1972 to 1980 who then transferred to Maine. He was at Cheverus High School in Portland, Maine, until 1998.
Former Boston College High School student Jim Scanlan, 63, reported Talbot’s abuse in Massachusetts. The Associated Press does not typically use the names of sexual assault victims without their consent, which Scanlan provided. His reports led to criminal charges against Talbot.
Scanlan said he has reached out to other survivors of Talbot’s abuse. He said he holds people in positions of power within the church accountable for allowing Talbot to continue committing abuse over many years.
Scanlan said he has tried to move on from his own anger at Talbot, but it’s a long process.
“The opposite of love isn’t hate, it’s indifference,” Scanlan said. “Maybe I just parked him away a long time ago, resolved I couldn’t change what happened.”
Jesuits USA East said Talbot had been residing at the Vianney Renewal Center in Dittmer, Missouri, prior to entering hospice care. The center cares for sexually abusive priests as well as providing other health care services.
