A targeted shooting at a duplex in the Payne-Phalen neighborhood of Saint Paul left three people dead and two others wounded on September 4, 2022. Among those killed was 42-year-old Black man Cory Freeman. Two women, Angelica Gonzales, 33, and Maisha Spaulding, 44, were also pronounced dead at the scene; the attack was described by officials and community leaders as senseless and brazen.

Police identified a suspect, 42-year-old Antonio Dupree Wright of Minneapolis, and charged him with three counts of second-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder. One surviving victim identified Wright from a photo lineup. At trial Wright waived a jury and presented an alibi placing him in Chicago that day, supported by testimony from his aunt and mother and surveillance footage from his mother’s building; witness descriptions of the shooter having dreadlocks were said not to match Wright. In September 2023 a judge acquitted Wright, finding insufficient evidence to prove he was the shooter.

No further arrests have been publicly announced in connection with Freeman’s death. If anyone knew Cory Freeman or has information about the shooting, please share what can help the investigation.