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   From: timmy.walz@lies.alot   
      
   A felon previously identified as a Native Mob gang member has been charged in   
   a murder and shooting spree last month in south Minneapolis that left two   
   people dead and two others injured.   
      
   Joshua Anthony Jones, 36, of Bemidji, Minn., has been charged in three   
   separate cases with two counts of second-degree murder, three counts of   
   attempted second-degree murder, and three counts of illegal firearms   
   possession for the shootings that occurred    
   throughout the day on Sept. 18 near area homeless encampments.   
      
   The spree began before 5 a.m. that day when two people were shot at or near a   
   homeless encampment on the 2500 block of 17th Avenue South. One person died in   
   the shooting, and the other was injured after both were reportedly shot in   
   their heads. The    
   suspect was apparently recognized by one of the injured parties or a witness   
   as a Native Mob gang member who was named as Jones at the time, according to   
   police scanner audio.   
      
   Another shooting occurred the same day about 12 hours later at 4:20 p.m., when   
   another person was shot and killed on the 2500 block of Bloomington Avenue   
   South, also near an encampment.   
      
   Just about an hour later, around 5:19 p.m., another person was shot near East   
   Phillips Park, and the suspect was again described as a Native Mob gang member   
   in a red Jeep Cherokee, according to police scanner audio at the time. Further   
   dispatches    
   indicated that the suspect may have been taken into custody in the area, but   
   police were having difficulty identifying him.   
      
   The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office (HCAO) initially announced charges   
   against Jones in the two latter cases on one count of second-degree murder and   
   one count of attempted second-degree murder, and indicated that Jones was   
   still being investigated    
   for the early morning homicide.   
      
   This week, the HCAO announced further charges against Jones in the first   
   shooting and homicide that include one count of second-degree murder and two   
   counts of attempted second-degree murder. The charges state that in addition   
   to shooting two people that    
   morning, one of whom died, Jones also fired shots at a third person who was   
   not injured by the gunfire.   
      
   Jones is also charged in each of the three cases with one count of being a   
   felon in possession of a firearm.   
      
   Minnesota court documents in prior cases against Jones identify him as a   
   Native Mob gang member, and in 2018, Jones attacked a corrections officer at   
   Oak Park Heights, seriously injuring him.   
      
   Jones also has another pending case on a charge of second-degree assault for a   
   shooting in March of this year near Lake Street and Hiawatha Avenue, as well   
   as two cases involving felony auto theft, and felony fleeing in one case.   
      
   Jones remains in custody in Hennepin County Jail on a bail amount of $1.5   
   million and is scheduled to make his next court appearance in the cases on   
   Oct. 24.   
      
   https://alphanews.org/felon-charged-in-minneapolis-shooting-spre   
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