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   UPDATE (July 25, 2024) — Martavious Roby-English entered not guilty please   
   for second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder charges.   
      
   ST. PAUL, Minn. — A St. Paul man faces charges in connection to a shooting   
   last week in St. Paul, in which a 21-year-old driver was killed in the front   
   seat of a car.   
      
   Martavious Roby-English, 21, who had been released from prison in April for a   
   prior second-degree assault charge, now faces second-degree murder and   
   attempted second-degree murder charges.   
      
   The shooting happened on the 800 block of Simcoe Street around 2:30 a.m. on   
   May 30. Charging documents say police arrived to find Toumai Gaynor, 21,   
   unconscious in the driver's seat of a Toyota Camry; he was taken to the   
   hospital but died hours later.   
      
   At the scene, officers found five 9mm shell casings as well as a .45 caliber   
   Glock firearm outside the Camry.   
      
   Police spoke to an 18-year-old woman at the scene, who over the course of two   
   police interviews, said that she had been sitting in the car with Gaynor that   
   night. At the same time, she was arguing with Roby-English over text, because   
   he was upset that    
   she was taking too long to come over. The woman said she had been in a   
   relationship with Roby-English for three years, including the time he had been   
   incarcerated, documents say.   
      
   She told police that when Gaynor turned the car around, a man in a white   
   hoodie stood directly behind the car and fired, charges say. When she realized   
   who the suspected shooter was, he claimed it was self-defense and Gaynor fired   
   first. Eventually, the    
   woman went to call 911.   
      
   The woman admitted that she threw Gaynor's gun out of the car because she   
   didn't want him to get in trouble for having it. When she touched it, she   
   realized it was hot and had been fired, documents say.   
      
   According to surveillance video footage from nearby, Roby-English was hiding   
   behind a van parked on Simcoe Street. When the Camry was making a U-turn, he   
   ran down the street, and a male voice said "Get out of the car! Get out of the   
   f****** car or I'll    
   kill you!" Roughly seven gunshots are heard on the video.   
      
   Roby-English was arrested on Monday. In a post-Miranda interview, he said that   
   he had sent his girlfriend $250 in cash app to withdraw, but she hadn't done   
   so. When he realized that she was down the street, he told her he was watching   
   her. He saw a man    
   get into her car and ran up to the window. He knocked and yelled "Get the f***   
   out of the car!" and heard gunshots. He then fired back, documents say.   
      
   When his girlfriend asked why he fired his gun, Roby-English responded "I'm   
   sorry, but it was an accident and he shot first," according to the complaint.   
      
   He said he checked on Gaynor, but he was moving so he fled because he did not   
   want to get shot. He said he later learned that Gaynor was one of the   
   boyfriends that his girlfriend had been "messing with" since he had been in   
   prison, charges say.   
      
   Roby-English said he fired a Taurus 9mm gun that belonged to his cousin. The   
   next day, he told his friend what happened, and said he regretted his   
   decision, according to documents.   
      
   The second-degree murder charge carries a maximum sentence of 40 years. He   
   previously was convicted of a second-degree assault charge for a case in which   
   an innocent bystander was shot in the heel while he was sitting in his   
   minivan. Charging documents    
   say that Roby-English and others got into a gang-related shootout in a store   
   parking lot in October of 2020. He was also convicted of a separate   
   second-degree assault charge in 2022.   
      
   Roby-English's bail was set at $1.5 million during his first court appearance   
   on Wednesday, and he was issued a domestic no-contact order. His next hearing   
   is scheduled for July 25.   
      
   https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/st-paul-man-recently-rele   
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