Woman dies nearly a week after triple shooting at Minneapolis camp; suspect accused

The woman who was shot and killed last week in a homeless camp in Minneapolis She died from her injuries, according to a statement from the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office.

Samantha Jo Moss, 35, of St. Louis Park, was one of three people who were shot on October 27 in a small encampment on 44th Street between Lyndale and Hiawatha avenues. She was taken to Hennepin County Medical Center with life-threatening injuries but was pronounced dead on Saturday.

The two remaining victims – Louis Mitchell Lemons Jr., 32, of Brooklyn Center, and Christopher Martell Washington, 38, of Fridley – died at the scene, according to the Minneapolis Police Department.

Police believe the shooter in this case is a man who was arrested last week Policemen from St. Paul shot him in an unrelated incident.

Earl Bennett, 40, turned himself in to law enforcement on the night of Oct. 28 after he allegedly refused to put down his gun and then pointed it at St. Louis officers. Paul near the intersection of Snelling and University avenues in the St. Paul neighborhood. Paul’s Hamline-Midway.

Police later learned that Bennett had done it he shot and seriously injured a man earlier in the evening at a sober living home on the 3500 block of Columbus Avenue South.

On Monday, Hennepin County prosecutors charged Bennett with three counts of second-degree murder in an Oct. 27 triple homicide.

According to the criminal complaint, a witness told police that a man identifying himself as “E” rode an electric bicycle to the tent camp, asked to meet one of the victims inside the tent and began shooting 10 to 15 minutes after gaining permission inside. Surveillance footage shows him leaving the tent and driving away along the railway tracks.

Inside the tent, investigators found nine spent 9mm shell casings. Sig Sauer firearm recovered at scene of police shooting in St. Paul matches shell casings found at both the sober living home and the Minneapolis encampment.

In addition to the second-degree murder charges, Bennett also faces attempted first-degree murder in connection with the Columbus Avenue shooting and second-degree assault and unlawful possession of a weapon in the encounter with St. Paul police. Paul.

Bennett will remain in custody at the Hennepin County Jail in lieu of $2 million bail. His next court appearance is scheduled for Wednesday.