On the night of February 1, 2022, 26-year-old Casanova Giovanni Carter was killed inside his family’s home on the 700 block of Winslow Avenue in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Carter was in a bedroom playing a video game when four people entered the yard and three positioned themselves outside his bedroom. Gunfire tore through the window and curtains; Carter was struck multiple times in the back, neck, and face and was found unresponsive in a hallway. Investigators recovered 18 spent shell casings from four different firearms outside the home.

Authorities tied the shooting to gang conflict and a social media dispute. Carter, identified as a member of the Hit Squad gang, had publicly accused fellow member Kendall Dvontae Pruitt of being a snitch, which led to escalating threats. Surveillance footage and cellphone data implicated Pruitt, Montez Dalray Davis, and Delaquay Levius Williams, and DNA collected from the exterior of the home linked Williams to the scene. All three men were arrested and charged in connection with Carter’s death.

A funeral for Carter was held later in February, and violence flared again when a shooting outside the funeral home killed another man and wounded three others; police described that incident as related to gang retaliation. If anyone knew Casanova Carter, his movements that night, or has information about the shootings, please come forward with what was seen or heard.