Kenneth L. Davis Jr., 44, was shot and killed after confronting a man over a stolen bottle of vodka outside Big Discount Liquors on Rice Street in Saint Paul on the night of December 27, 2021. Davis, who was licensed to carry a firearm, reportedly showed his weapon inside the store to try to de-escalate the situation. The encounter continued into the parking lot, where a physical struggle occurred and Davis’s handgun fell to the ground. The other man then fired the weapon, striking Davis twice in the chest. Davis was taken to Regions Hospital and died in the early hours of December 28.

Surveillance footage of the incident helped identify 49-year-old Trinis Derrell Edwards as the person who took the gun and fired. Edwards was located at a Motel 6 in Saint Paul; after a standoff in which he barricaded himself in a bathroom, he surrendered and was arrested. He claimed the shooting was self-defense and was charged with two counts of second-degree murder. Was anyone in the area that night able to see the confrontation or the men involved?