A Scott County jury on Friday found 45-year-old Jennifer L. Lieber guilty of second-degree murder in the shooting death of 45-year-old David J. Nanovic at her home near Prior Lake. Deputies had gone to the Century Lane residence in March 2024 for a welfare check, where they found Nanovic fatally wounded. Medics pronounced him dead at the scene, and after the guilty verdict was read, Lieber was taken into custody and remains jailed while the court sets a sentencing date.
What the criminal complaint says
According to the Star Tribune, court documents say a friend told deputies Lieber claimed she had “kicked a gun from his hand” and that it “went off and hit [him].” Officers arrived to find Nanovic bloodied at the bottom of the stairs with a handgun nearby, and medics declared him dead at the scene.
The complaint also quotes Nanovic’s 10-year-old son as saying, “Jennifer is probably freaking out because she had the gun in her hand.” It describes the boy and his father retreating to a pool house before the fatal shot, details that later surfaced in open court as jurors heard how the final moments unfolded inside the home.
Verdict and penalty
Jurors returned the guilty verdict on Friday, and deputies immediately took Lieber into custody. As reported by CBS Minnesota, she faces up to 40 years in prison, with a sentencing hearing still to be scheduled. Prosecutors had charged Lieber with second-degree intentional murder after the March 4, 2024, shooting at the Century Lane home, according to court records.
Background and earlier reporting
Hoodline first covered Lieber’s March arrest in a post titled Credit River Woman Jailed, and local outlets, including KSTP, reported the charging documents and the boy’s account of the household. Those early stories line up with what jurors later heard at trial and with the court filings cited in more recent coverage…