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   Maleek Jabril Conley / Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office   
   By Crime Watch MN, March 5, 2024   
      
   An arrest has been made in last December’s double shooting murder at a   
   Dinkytown smoke shop, and charges allege both the shooter and the deceased   
   parties had rival gang ties.   
      
   Maleek Jabril Conley, 25, of south Minneapolis, Minn., was taken into custody   
   late Monday by the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office and is currently being   
   held on $2 million bail.   
      
   Conley is charged with two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of   
   attempted second-degree murder in the Dec. 3, 2023 shooting adjacent to the   
   University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus.   
      
   Charges filed in Hennepin County District Court describe that a verbal and   
   physical altercation began inside the shop located at 403 14th Avenue   
   Southeast after 2 a.m. involving a group of males.   
      
   Store employees attempted to break up the fight, but Conley entered the store   
   as the altercation was happening and began firing shots directly at the heads   
   of two males who were both shot multiple times in their heads and necks.   
      
   The Hennepin County Medical Examiner determined that one of the decedents was   
   shot ten times in the head and neck, and the other was shot four times in the   
   head, shoulder, upper right arm, and abdomen.   
      
   Another person who was a store employee was shot in the buttocks, and a fourth   
   person was shot at twice, but the bullets missed and he was not injured.   
      
   During the gunfire, a store employee pressed a panic button which locked the   
   gunman and the others in the store. When the gunman realized that he was   
   locked inside the store, he shot the glass out of the door and crawled out of   
   the door’s metal frame.    
   He was followed by four other males.   
      
   The complaint states that Conley fled the store with a co-defendant named in   
   the complaint as Taynard Godsey and three other males identified with only   
   initials, one of whom police identified as Conley’s brother. The complaint   
   says that all five are    
   known associates of a south Minneapolis gang known as the “Crazi Boyz.”   
      
   The two decedents were known to be associates of the Lowz criminal street gang   
   in north Minneapolis and it’s believed that the murders stem from   
   gang-related rivalries, the complaint said.   
      
   The stolen Kia that Conley and the four others fled in following the shooting   
   was later found by police at Godsey’s apartment residence on the 2400 block   
   of Elliot Avenue South. Video surveillance obtained by police showed all five   
   subjects exit the    
   vehicle and enter the building within 15 minutes of the shooting. A search   
   warrant was eventually executed on the apartment after the defendants were   
   gone, and clothing matching that worn by Conley during the shooting was found   
   on site.   
      
   Investigators were able to link fingerprint forensic evidence left behind at   
   the store to Conley. Investigators also recovered 9mm casings from the   
   shooting scene and determined that at least 24 rounds had been fired inside   
   the store.   
      
   Court records show Conley made his first court appearance on the charges   
   Tuesday afternoon (today) and applied for a public defender.   
      
   Co-defendant Godsey does not appear to be in local custody, and the complaint   
   against Conley doesn’t reference what charges Godsey or the other three   
   subjects may face.   
      
   Crime Watch will continue to follow developments in the case.   
      
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