On the evening of December 2, 2024, 22-year-old Treyvon Marcellis Molette was fatally shot in his truck near the intersection of Lowry and Indiana Avenues North in Robbinsdale. Police responding to reports of gunfire and a single-vehicle crash found Molette in the driver’s seat with a gunshot wound to the chest; he was taken to a hospital and later pronounced dead. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner ruled the death a homicide.

Court documents say Molette had arranged to meet two people to sell marijuana vape cartridges after a contact on Snapchat. An altercation during the transaction reportedly led to the shooting, and Molette’s vehicle then struck a tree. He was briefly on the phone with his girlfriend during the incident. Investigators recovered three cell phones inside the truck; one phone did not belong to Molette and was traced to 16-year-old Dushawn Quran Cotton Lowe of Coon Rapids. Authorities believe robbery may have been a motive because the suspects noticed Molette’s handgun inside the vehicle.

In late January 2025 two teenage suspects were arrested; Dushawn Quran Cotton Lowe was charged with second-degree murder and two counts of first-degree aggravated robbery and prosecutors indicated they would seek certification as an adult, while a 17-year-old suspect was arrested in Bismarck and awaited extradition. Did anyone in the area see Molette that evening or have information about the arranged meeting?