A dispute over a piece of clothing in the early morning hours of January 10, 2026, ended with the death of 19-year-old Nehemiah Davis of Coon Rapids. Police were dispatched to the Cedarview Commons apartment complex in North St. Paul about 7:04 a.m. after a report of an assault. Officers found Davis with a gunshot wound to his face; he was pronounced dead at the scene after life-saving efforts by police and emergency medical personnel.

According to the criminal complaint, a resident had let three people into her apartment after they knocked on a bedroom window. A witness said Nehemiah Davis and 23-year-old Zay Vion Dontavious Edgerson argued over a sweatshirt, then hit each other before Edgerson produced a handgun and shot Davis. Investigators identified Edgerson as the primary suspect; he was arrested January 13 and charged in Ramsey County District Court with second-degree murder. At the time of the shooting he was on probation from a prior domestic assault conviction that included a firearms prohibition; his record also lists convictions for making threats, fleeing police, and illegal gun possession. Searches of a vehicle and a residence connected to Edgerson reportedly recovered multiple handguns, and he is being held in the Ramsey County Jail on $2.5 million bail. The investigation is ongoing with assistance from the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.

If anyone knew Nehemiah, witnessed the confrontation that morning, or has information about what happened, please share what is known.