Adairan Martell Davis, a 56-year-old Black man from St. Paul, was found in the yard of a residence on the 4600 block of Aldrich Avenue North in North Minneapolis on the evening of Friday, October 1, 2021. A resident reported that the man in their yard said he had been shot. Officers arriving on scene found Davis still responsive; he was taken to North Memorial Medical Center but died just after midnight on October 2, 2021.

An autopsy determined the cause of death to be gunshot wounds to the chest and neck, and the manner of death was ruled a homicide. The shooting was counted as the city’s 73rd homicide that year.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact Crimestoppers with tips that might help bring answers for the family.