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The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office today filed additional charges against Joshua Anthony Jones, 36, who shot four people and tried to shoot a fifth over a single day in the Phillips neighborhood of south Minneapolis on Sept. 18, 2024.

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty today announced that after a careful review of the records, the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office agrees with the conclusion of the Attorney General’s Conviction Review Unit that the 2009 murder conviction of Edgar Barrientos-Quintana should be vacated.

The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office released the following statement after learning of the misidentification of the second suspect in the St. Anne’s Place attack.

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty announced that the Office is amending charges against Derrick John Thompson of Brooklyn Park, who is charged with killing five young women after he allegedly sped through a red light and smashed into their car.

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty today announced that the office found no evidence of unlawful conduct by law enforcement and will not file charges related to the shooting death of Clint Hoyhtya on April 10 in Minnetonka.

Damarean Bible was sentenced to 367 months (30 ½ years) following his conviction by a Hennepin County jury in early August.