A Blaine, Minnesota, man who is due to be released from prison next week after serving time for illegal firearm possession was charged Friday in a 2020 killing in north Minneapolis.
The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office says Melvonte Lee Peterson, 35, faces one count of second-degree murder and one count of second-degree drive-by shooting in the Aug. 31, 2020, killing.
The criminal complaint alleges Peterson shot the victim in the head and left thigh near the intersection of North 30th and Penn avenues in the Jordan neighborhood. Witnesses told police they heard up to five gunshots and saw two SUVs flee…