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On the morning of July 9, 2019, 21-year-old Lawrence Renfro was fatally shot inside his ground-floor apartment at Oakdale Terrace Apartments in West St. Paul, Minnesota. Two men, later identified as Nathan McDonald, 22, and Terrell Payne, 19, entered the unit after gaining access through a bedroom window. Renfro was in the living room with his two-year-old son when he confronted the intruders; he was then shot multiple times and later found dead on the couch with his toddler beside him. Investigators recovered five 9mm shell casings at the scene.

Police arrested McDonald and Payne on July 30, 2019. Both were charged with second-degree murder; each later pleaded guilty. Payne was sentenced to more than 25 years in prison and McDonald to over 30 years. Did anyone in the area know Lawrence or his routines and might have seen something that morning?