Lafayette Anthony Collaso, 30, was shot and killed on the evening of July 15, 2025, on the 1500 block of 11th Avenue South in the Elliot Park neighborhood of Minneapolis. Officers found Collaso with life-threatening wounds on the sidewalk; he was pronounced dead at the scene. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner ruled the death a homicide from a gunshot wound to the chest.

Investigators say the violence erupted from a confrontation among people who knew one another. Witnesses and police describe a brief fight that escalated into gunfire shortly after 6:20 p.m. Evidence technicians recovered at least eleven 9mm shell casings; reporters say a criminal complaint alleges the dispute began over $40 involving a woman known to the accused and ended when a shooter backed into the street and fired multiple rounds toward a home and front yard where several people had gathered.

Within days prosecutors charged 20-year-old Deshon Gregory with second-degree murder and three counts of attempted second-degree murder; a warrant and bail set at $1.5 million were reported while he remained at large. The scene drew neighbors and police tape as detectives continued to seek witnesses and evidence. If anyone knew Lafayette Collaso or saw the events that evening, please share what you know.