A Minneapolis man has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a man officials say was “targeted and executed” in a St. Paul parking lot.
Kueth Chuol Ngut, 22, was charged with two counts of 2nd-degree murder in Ramsey County court on Friday, three days after he allegedly shot and killed Lul Dak Chak, 32, of Iowa.
According to the criminal complaint, St. Paul police officers were called to a report of a shooting on the 1200 block of University Avenue West at around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday. At the scene, officers found a man later identified as Chak lying on the ground of an apartment parking lot. Chak, who was suffering from multiple gunshot wounds and was not breathing, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Chak’s female cousin told police they had been out at a bowling party before returning to the apartment complex. The cousin said she had gone outside to smoke and Chak had come out, saying he was going to buy some drugs.
The woman said she saw a dark colored Subaru in the parking lot. A man got out of the front passenger door and started shooting at them. The cousin said she had dropped to the ground and that Chak had jumped in front of her to protect her.