Just after midnight on April 18, 2017, officers in Red Wing found 27-year-old Dangelo Masterjohn on a sidewalk in the 400 block of Sanderson Street with a fatal gunshot wound. His death was investigated as a homicide and was the city’s first murder in nearly a decade.

Friends said Masterjohn had been trying to turn his life around, seeking work and trying to provide for his children after earlier involvement with gangs and a 2012 conviction for aiding an offender in a St. Paul murder. Investigators identified 26-year-old Charles Deonta Jones of Red Wing as a person of interest; witnesses reported Masterjohn and Jones argued at a house near the scene, Masterjohn left, and Jones allegedly followed him armed. A single gunshot was heard.

Jones was arrested after leading a Pierce County deputy on a chase into Wisconsin, fleeing on foot into woods with a gun in hand before being taken into custody. He was charged with two counts of second-degree murder, one count of third-degree murder, and one count of second-degree manslaughter in connection with Masterjohn’s death.

If anyone knew Masterjohn, his movements that night, or saw what happened near Sanderson Street, please share what you know.