On the afternoon of July 27, 2023, 30-year-old Jermaine Ray John Baker was shot and killed near a bus shelter at Earl Street and East 3rd Street in the Dayton’s Bluff neighborhood of Saint Paul. Police processed the scene near the American Indian Magnet School and recovered bloody clothing in the street. Baker was pronounced dead at the scene from two gunshot wounds to the torso.

Witnesses and a criminal complaint say Baker got off a bus, approached a woman and another man, then began physically assaulting the woman, later identified as his ex-girlfriend. She told police the pair had been together four years and that Baker had a history of assault that she had not reported. The woman’s current boyfriend, 31-year-old Lazarus Lamar Burns II, was accused of drawing a gun as Baker was turning to leave and shooting him multiple times.

Burns was arrested a short distance away and a loaded firearm was recovered; he was charged with two counts of second-degree murder. He told investigators he had warned Baker to stop before he blacked out and shot him and said he was heading to call police when apprehended. Does anyone have information about this incident or about the people involved that could help the investigation?