On the evening of June 9, 2022, Marlon Pompey, a 28-year-old Black man from Maple Grove, was shot at Sami’s Stop, a gas station in the 9600 block of 36th Avenue North in Plymouth. Witnesses told police a man fired a handgun several times at Pompey just before 8:30 p.m.; the shooter then fled in a sedan. Pompey was found with a gunshot wound to the chest, was transported to a hospital, and later died. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner ruled the death a homicide from the gunshot wound.

Plymouth police, assisted by the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office, identified 23-year-old Daniel James Hart of Brooklyn Park as a suspect and released his photo while asking the public for help. A black BMW 740 believed to have been used was recovered after a tip. Hart turned himself in to the Hennepin County Jail on June 17, 2022, and was initially charged with possession of a firearm by a prohibited person; he was not immediately charged with murder and was released on $100,000 bond after posting it.

Does anyone have information about Pompey that could help clarify what led to him being at that gas station that night?