A Black man identified as David Marlon Anre Spicer, 38, was shot and killed inside a Minneapolis home on the 400 block of 33rd Avenue North on the evening of Thursday, January 21, 2021. Officers responding to a report around 10 p.m. found Spicer with a fatal gunshot wound to the torso; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police took a suspect into custody at the residence and recovered a firearm there. The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office charged Prince Brown, 36, of Minneapolis, with second-degree unintentional murder. According to the criminal complaint, Brown, Spicer, and others were in the kitchen when Brown handled a gun on a table, inserting and removing magazines; the gun then discharged and a single bullet struck Spicer. Investigators described the death as resulting from reckless handling of the firearm rather than an intentional shooting.

If anyone was at the gathering or has information about what happened that night, please share what is known.