On August 22, 2021, 32-year-old Uel Dandre Lott was found dead in a car on the 300 block of Washington Avenue North in the North Loop neighborhood of Minneapolis. Officers discovered Lott slumped over in the driver’s seat with a gunshot wound to the head and another bullet in his right thigh; a third bullet hole was found in the side of the vehicle. He was carrying a gun in a holster and appeared dressed for riding a motorcycle, which was later located nearby.

Investigators say the shooting occurred during a drug deal. Court documents identify 23-year-old Kevin Eric Wilbert of Chicago as the primary suspect. Wilbert’s father and several witnesses told police Wilbert left a club to get his phone from a car, returned 10 to 15 minutes later, and was told someone had been shot inside the car. A woman who was in the car said she had her head down when a gun went off. Fingerprints on the front passenger door and a cellphone in the trunk were both matched to Kevin Eric Wilbert, who was charged with second-degree murder and is the subject of a nationwide warrant.