Derrick Lamont Ewing, 51, was fatally shot in Minneapolis on the evening of April 30, 2025. The shooting occurred shortly before 7:50 p.m. near the intersection of Lake Street and 15th Avenue South. Ewing was seated with a group behind a building when a man approached; surveillance video described in the criminal complaint shows Ewing handing a black bag to that man. As a second person ran toward them, Ewing turned as if to flee, was reached by the man and collapsed in the street. He was taken to Hennepin Healthcare and later died from complications of multiple gunshot wounds.

Witnesses told police the shooting happened during a robbery. One witness said the assailant robbed Ewing of drugs before shooting him; a friend of Ewing’s said the shots were fired after Ewing said he had nothing to give. Investigators recovered several 9mm shell casings at the scene. On May 6 authorities arrested 39-year-old Mickiah Latrell Jackson of Roseville and charged him with second-degree intentional murder and illegal possession of a firearm; witnesses identified Jackson from a photo lineup and by a street name they said they associated with the shooter. Ewing’s death was not linked to the other homicides in the city that day.

If anyone knew Derrick, his movements that evening, or has information about the robbery and shooting, please share what is known.