David Lashawn Isaac, 23, was found fatally shot in the early hours of October 23, 2023, in St. Paul’s West Side. A 911 caller reported a person down behind a residence in the 400 block of South Clinton Avenue just after midnight; officers located Isaac in a driveway and parking lot area and paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene.

Investigators say Isaac had been with a group of young men earlier that night filming a Snapchat video. Residents reported seeing them running around the neighborhood, with some observed carrying liquor bottles and guns. Surveillance footage shows one of the men, identified as 20-year-old Justice Glaspie, jump on Isaac’s back and spin him during what appeared to be play-fighting. A witness told police there were no arguments before the shooting and that Glaspie simply shot Isaac, possibly after becoming upset during the play-fighting.

Police arrested Justice Glaspie on November 16, 2023, in connection with the killing. During questioning, Glaspie initially blamed someone else but later admitted firing the gun, saying Isaac had tried to rob him months earlier and that he planned to rob Isaac that night; he also said he threw the gun into the Mississippi River after the shooting. The shooting was the city’s 29th homicide of 2023.

If anyone has information about Isaac, the events that night, or saw the group in the area, please share tips with investigators.