On the night of December 4, 2023, 34-year-old Darius Renee Wilson of Burnsville was killed in a shooting near East Lake Street and 12th Avenue South in Minneapolis. Just after midnight, officers found Wilson on the sidewalk with multiple gunshot wounds to the chest; he was pronounced dead at the scene. A woman in her 40s was also struck in the leg and taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Surveillance footage from the area shows two gunmen in a nearby alley who appeared to exchange gunfire with Wilson, who returned fire. Investigators recovered discharged cartridge casings and a glove containing DNA at the scene; those items were linked to two men who were then arrested and charged with second-degree murder and second-degree attempted murder.

What information about Wilson’s last movements or contacts that night might help clarify how the confrontation began?