Teen charged with carrying out Minneapolis killing, bus shooting days apart

A 17-year-old Brooklyn Park boy is accused of fatally shooting a man and opening fire on a Metro Transit bus, injuring three passengers, in two separate incidents days apart in north Minneapolis.

Jeairamiya Dewray Omar-Dear was charged last week with second-degree murder and three counts of assault with a dangerous weapon.

The murder charge stems from the killing of an 18-year-old Ashantez T. McCoy, who was shot five times on Dec. 23 around 2:30 a.m. inside a home on the 1600 block of Thomas Avenue North…

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