Shortly before dawn on July 20, 2025, 19-year-old Darnell Hawkins Mapp of St. Paul was shot multiple times near the river’s edge at North Mississippi Regional Park, close to 5116 Mississippi Drive North in Minneapolis. Officers answered reports of gunfire just after 3 a.m.; lifesaving efforts failed and he was pronounced dead at the scene at 3:54 a.m. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner ruled the death a homicide, citing multiple gunshot wounds.

Police canvassed the area around Mississippi Drive North and Lyndale Avenue North where people had been gathered overnight. Early updates noted the shooter fled before officers arrived; identification followed as Darnell Hawkins Mapp and memorials and local reports marked the loss while authorities sought information. Charging documents later named 27-year-old Seneca Lee Jones and a judge authorized a nationwide arrest warrant; reporting on the unsealed complaint described witness accounts placing Jones at an after-party in the park and referenced a feud allegedly involving stolen property. Authorities said Jones had not been taken into custody and was considered armed and dangerous.

Does anyone who was at the park that morning or who knew Darnell or the people at the after-party have information that could help investigators?