On July 5, 2020, 27-year-old Leneesha Helen Columbus, who was pregnant, was shot inside a vehicle near East 37th Street and Elliot Avenue in Minneapolis. Bystanders tried to save her and she was taken to a hospital where doctors delivered her baby girl, but Leneesha died from a gunshot wound to her upper torso shortly after the birth.

The infant, named Leneesha LaDell Columbus, was born about three months premature and weighed less than two pounds. She suffered serious complications including hypotension, neonatal seizures, and respiratory distress, and died on August 5, 2020. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled the infant’s death a homicide, attributing it to complications from prematurity caused by the trauma to her mother.

Authorities identified the suspect as Zachary Victor Robinson Jr., described as the victim’s boyfriend and the child’s father. Witnesses reported seeing the couple argue before Columbus tried to drive away and Robinson fired multiple shots at her SUV; Robinson left the state and was later apprehended in Illinois. He was charged in connection with Leneesha Helen Columbus’s death, and after the infant died an additional second-degree murder charge was added.

Are there witnesses or documents that can clarify the timeline of events on July 5 and the medical course that followed?