Elijah Watson, 17, was shot dead on the 500 block of Jessamine Avenue in Saint Paul on the afternoon of December 14, 2020. A resident called 911 after a boy who had been shot in the head banged on her door; officers found Watson with a gunshot wound to the face and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators say Watson and three other teenagers were in a stolen vehicle earlier that day. Photos taken about an hour before the shooting show Watson with a .40 caliber handgun and the three other teens, identified as a 17-year-old, a 16-year-old and a 15-year-old. According to interviews, an argument broke out after Watson handed the gun to the 17-year-old in the back seat; when the 17-year-old refused to return it, Watson turned around to take it back and was shot. The injured Watson exited the vehicle while the others drove off; the stolen car was later found abandoned with blood on the door and window.

A 17-year-old male, Javeon Norbor-Mayon Kohene, was arrested December 18, 2020, and charged with second-degree murder and aggravated robbery. Prosecutors sought to certify him for adult trial.

If anyone has information about Elijah, the people in the stolen vehicle that day, or the events on Jessamine Avenue, please come forward.