In the early hours of December 6, 2024, a confrontation outside a home on the 6200 block of 5th Avenue South in Richfield, Minnesota, ended with the death of 26-year-old Sofia Rose O’Hotto of Minneapolis. Around 3:30 a.m., Luke Joshua Cain, 29, confronted several people he said were stealing from his van. The group fled in a gray Ford F-150 and Cain fired two shots at the vehicle; one bullet struck O’Hotto in the back of the head.

About 30 minutes later Minneapolis police found the pickup on the 4500 block of Hiawatha Avenue and discovered O’Hotto gravely wounded. She was taken to a hospital in critical condition and died of a single gunshot wound. Cain initially did not tell officers he had fired a weapon, but later admitted to shooting at the fleeing truck and to hiding the handgun at his cabin in Aitkin. Surveillance video from his home reportedly shows him yelling at people at his van before producing a handgun.

An arrest and charges have been filed in connection with O’Hotto’s death. If anyone saw the incident or has information about the people involved, please come forward.