Minneapolis, MN (KROC-AM News) – The woman convicted of intentionally driving an SUV into a crowd of people and killing a teenage girl in downtown Minneapolis last September was sentenced Tuesday.
About a month ago, 23-year-old Latalia Anjolie Margalli entered guilty pleas to second-degree murder and five counts of second-degree assault. The admission of guilt occurred just before her trial was scheduled to begin in Hennepin County Court.
According to court documents, Margalli was arrested after witnesses told Minneapolis police that she was the driver of the SUV that struck and killed a 16-year-old girl in the early morning hours of September 14, 2024. Five other people were injured in the incident.
The criminal complaint against the Minneapolis woman stated that she and her friends had been involved in a verbal altercation with the teenage victim and her friends that escalated into a physical fight outside a business near Hennepin Avenue and 5th Street. The charges indicated that witnesses reported seeing Margalli get into the SUV and initially drive in reverse before she put the vehicle into drive and accelerated directly at the 16-year-old victim, who was on the ground and fighting with another person…