Hennepin County Attorney’s Office secures guilty plea and 360-month sentence related to Boom Island shooting

The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office secured a guilty plea from Zyere Jakay Porter, 24, for his role in a shooting at Boom Island in June 2025.

Mr. Porter pleaded guilty to the following charges:

One count of aiding/abetting second-degree intentional murder
Two counts of aiding/abetting a drive-by shooting

Under the terms of the plea, Mr. Porter will be sentenced to 360 months for the second-degree murder charge, as well as 88 months and 98 months for the aiding/abetting a drive-by shooting charges.

These sentences will run concurrently and are guideline sentences as laid out in the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines.

“Mr. Porter enabled a horrific act of extreme violence that took the life of Stageina Whiting, an innocent bystander, and injured numerous others,” Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said. “My thoughts are with Stageina’s loved ones and all those were impacted by such a devastating instance of gun violence. Today’s sentence ensures Mr. Porter cannot cause further harm to our community.”

Sentencing is currently scheduled for July 21 at 9:30 a.m.

Case Number: 27-CR-25-16092

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