Randy Malloyd Davis Jr was a 20-year-old Black man from North St. Paul described by his family as kind, funny, and witty with the most beautiful smile. He was the second of four children and was killed on the morning of August 19, 2019.

Saint Paul police responded around 10:30 a.m. to 911 calls about a shooting at an Airbnb on the 1000 block of Sims Avenue. Officers found Davis in a bedroom with a single gunshot wound to the chest; paramedics took him to Regions Hospital where he died during surgery that afternoon. A witness said Davis had brought two handguns to a birthday gathering for Markeia Felicity Carlvin, and that the group had been handling the firearms and taking pictures. The criminal complaint alleges Carlvin picked up a gun, racked it, pointed it at Davis and pulled the trigger. A witness said Carlvin called the shooting an accident and fled; a neighbor’s camera captured her leaving. Police arrested Carlvin that evening in Crystal, Minnesota, and she was charged with second-degree manslaughter.

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