Paris Tracie Love

Paris Tracie Love, a 32-year-old Black man from Minneapolis, was a father and a son who was deeply missed by his family. Known to some as "Diddy," he was described as fun-loving and sweet and worked in a warehouse. His loved ones remembered him as a son and father they thought about every day.

On the evening of June 16, 2021, Love was outside a business on the 1700 block of East Lake Street. At approximately 6:10 p.m., a car pulled up and a man got out. Surveillance video showed the man walk down the street, approach Love, pull out a handgun, and shoot him several times before returning to the vehicle and fleeing the scene. A Minneapolis police sergeant who was nearby heard the gunshots and responded. Officers found Love with gunshot wounds to his neck and back and began administering CPR and medical aid, but he was pronounced dead at the scene when paramedics arrived. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner later confirmed that Love died of multiple gunshot wounds and ruled his death a homicide.

Investigators believed the shooting was not a random act but a planned attack by someone who likely knew the victim. A key break in the case came when a witness called police to report the shooting and provided the license plate number of the getaway car. Police discovered the vehicle had been reported stolen by its registered owner, who was the girlfriend of a man named Deandre Shawn Freeman. She told authorities that Freeman had not returned the car when he said he would. When investigators showed her security footage from the shooting, she identified the gunman as Freeman.

One week later, on June 23, 2021, police located and arrested Freeman near Dunwoody Boulevard while he was driving a different vehicle. He was initially charged with second-degree murder and was later indicted by a grand jury for first-degree premeditated murder. In March 2024, Deandre Shawn Freeman pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree intentional murder. In June 2024, he was sentenced to 450 months, or more than 37 years, in prison. He received credit for the 1,078 days he had already served in custody.