Dylan F. Lattery, 23, of Owatonna, Minnesota, was shot dead inside a Minneapolis home on the night of September 24, 2020. Police responded just before 11 p.m. to the 1100 block of Irving Avenue North after the homeowner, Travis Leonard, reported a home invasion. Officers found Lattery face down near a back door, wearing a black hoodie, mask, and gloves, with a hatchet in his hand; he was later pronounced dead at a hospital from multiple gunshot wounds.

Initial claims that an intruder had been shot gave way as investigators found that Leonard and Lattery knew one another. Searches of Leonard’s home turned up vacuum-sealed bags of marijuana and about $13,000 in cash; the hatchet sheath was located outside Leonard’s upstairs bedroom. Statements and physical evidence conflicted with the original story. Leonard and his wife later described a fight, and Leonard admitted to shooting Lattery in the back of the head while Lattery was face down and to placing the hatchet to stage the scene.

Leonard was arrested and charged with intentional second-degree murder and first-degree manslaughter. He later pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter; the second-degree murder charge was dismissed under the plea, and Leonard received a five-year prison sentence. Does anyone have information about Dylan’s activities in Minneapolis or about contacts who might shed light on what led to the fight?