A fatal case of mistaken identity in Red Wing ended the life of 28-year-old Dandre Shawn Hicks of Tampa, Florida. On June 25, 2019, a long-running dispute between a Red Wing teenager and Hicks’s brother led to a confrontation outside a Kwik Trip on Plum Street. Hicks, wearing the same shirt his brother had worn earlier, was mistaken for the brother. When Michael Antonio Reyes approached saying he wanted to talk, witnesses say Reyes produced a semi-automatic handgun and then fired at least three shots, one striking Hicks in the head.

Hicks was taken to the Mayo Clinic in Red Wing and then airlifted to a trauma center; he was removed from life support the next day, June 26, 2019. Reyes fled but was found the following day at a Key Inn Hotel in Woodbury and taken into custody with Washington County SWAT assisting. He was charged with multiple felonies including second-degree murder with intent, second-degree murder without intent, and third-degree murder. The victim’s brother told investigators he believed he was the intended target.

Did anyone in Red Wing see the confrontation outside the Kwik Trip or know more about the dispute that preceded it?