Gracson Simmons, a 42-year-old Black man, was found dead in his Saint Paul apartment on St. Anthony Avenue on April 2, 2016, suffering a fatal gunshot wound to the back. Neighbors reported hearing a struggle, and friends described Simmons as quiet and occasionally selling drugs. A cigarette butt collected at the scene was later tested and produced a mixed DNA profile that could not exclude either of two men later charged.

Surveillance footage showed two men arriving in a Dodge Durango. A witness identified those men as Matthew Alex Morton, 25, and Christopher Jerome McKay, 51, both from Detroit, and said Morton admitted in a phone call that he and McKay had attempted to rob and shot a man. Cellphone and Facebook records placed both in Minnesota at the time. The witness’s girlfriend said she sold a Dodge Durango to McKay and identified both men in photo lineups.

In February 2017 Morton and McKay were charged with second-degree murder. Does anyone have information about Simmons, the Dodge Durango seen on the surveillance video, or contacts who were in that Saint Paul building in April 2016?