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   Three Twin Cities men were charged Wednesday with murder in the shooting death   
   of Rashaad L. Van Pelt, 32, of St. Paul, in November.   
      
   Deveon Quintarius Kirk, 27, Jai’Patric Ni’Carlo Timberlake, 20, both of   
   St. Paul, and Dontaye Javonne Thomas, 31, of Minneapolis, were charged in   
   Ramsey County District Court with one count each of second-degree intentional   
   murder.   
      
   Kirk, a four-time felon, is accused of pulling the trigger during the Nov. 20   
   altercation.   
      
   Kirk pleaded guilty in September to being a felon in possession of a firearm.   
   He returned to court Dec. 10 at which time he was sentenced to five years —   
   two-thirds to be spent in prison and one-third on supervised release. The   
   shooting happened    
   between the plea and the sentencing.   
      
   According to the criminal complaint, St. Paul police officers were called to   
   area of 1015 York Avenue where they found Van Pelt lying in the alley barely   
   conscious. Police noticed gunshot wounds to his torso and spent casings around   
   him.   
      
   The Ramsey County Medical Examiner later ruled that Van Pelt had nine gunshot   
   wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene.   
      
   Through accounts from witnesses and suspects, and from video surveillance,   
   police pieced together the following events that led up to the shooting.   
      
   Thomas told police that he got into a fight with another man a few hours   
   before the shooting. After the fight, Van Pelt contacted him because he heard   
   Thomas had been beaten up, charges say.   
      
   This upset Thomas, who felt Van Pelt was making fun of him. They argued.   
   Thomas then texted Timberlake and told him to bring a gun because he said Van   
   Pelt had “threatened to shoot the whole block up,” according to the   
   complaint.   
      
   Timberlake brought Kirk and another man, not identified in the complaint.   
   Thomas had a BB gun and Timberlake and Kirk had real guns, the complaint   
   states.   
      
   Kirk and Timberlake allegedly tried to break into a house where they   
   mistakenly thought Van Pelt was, according to the complaint. Thomas arrived   
   and led them to Van Pelt.   
      
   According to the account in the police report, Kirk said he thought Van Pelt   
   was making an aggressive move when he held his hands out, so he shot him, the   
   complaint states.   
      
   The men fled the scene in one car, leaving behind the car Thomas had arrived   
   in. Police were able to lift fingerprints from that vehicle as evidence.   
      
   Kirk has felony convictions for a predatory offender registration violation,   
   domestic assault, leaving the scene of an accident and being a felon in   
   possession of a firearm.   
      
   Thomas has multiple misdemeanors on his record. His next court appearance is   
   Jan. 12. Timberlake did not appear to have a record in Minnesota. His next   
   court appearance is Feb. 9.   
      
   https://www.twincities.com/2021/12/22/three-men-charged-with-mur   
   er-in-fatal-shooting-of-st-paul-man/   
      
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