On December 3, 2023, Jamartre Michael Sanders, a 24-year-old Black man, was killed inside Royal Cigar & Tobacco in Minneapolis’ Dinkytown neighborhood during a violent altercation that began as a verbal argument between two groups of customers. Employees tried to intervene, and a gunman entered the shop and opened fire with a semiautomatic handgun. Sanders and another 24-year-old man, Bryson Lamarr Haskell, were both struck multiple times and died at the scene; an employee was wounded but survived with non-life-threatening injuries.

Investigators reported at least 24 shots were fired. During the attack a panic button locked the doors, and the shooter shot out the front glass to escape, crawling through the broken frame with four other men. The group fled in a stolen getaway car. Authorities said the shooting was motivated by gang-related rivalries between the Crazi Boyz and Lowz. Three months later, police arrested 26-year-old Maleek Jabril Conley in connection with the murders based on surveillance footage, and another man, Taynard Twon Deshawn Godsey, was charged with aiding an offender for an alleged role as the getaway driver.

Are there witnesses or neighbors who recall activity near the shop that night who could add details?