In the early morning hours of May 30, 2024, 21-year-old Toumai Gaynor was found inside a Toyota Camry that had crashed into a yard on the 800 block of Simcoe Street in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Police discovered Gaynor unconscious with multiple gunshot wounds; he was taken to Region’s Hospital and pronounced dead later that day. A passenger in the car, an 18-year-old woman who described Gaynor as a friend, was the sole witness at the scene.

The witness told investigators she had been texting with her ex-boyfriend, 21-year-old Martavious Deavionne Roby-English, who was reportedly upset that she wasn’t coming over and had turned off her phone’s location services. Get out! followed by about seven gunshots. Roby-English was arrested and charged with second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder; prosecutors said they believed he intended to kill his ex-girlfriend as well. He told investigators he thought Gaynor had shot first and later said he learned Gaynor had been in a relationship with his ex-girlfriend while he was incarcerated.

Did anyone in the neighborhood see the vehicle or hear anything that morning?