A man charged with murder in connection with a shooting at a St. Paul homeless encampment is believed to have killed the victim because he wasn’t paying him back for drugs, court records show.
Francisco Diaz-Xique, 21, faces one count of second-degree murder for his alleged role in the July 20 killing of 37-year-old Steffon T. Jennings.
According to a criminal complaint, police found Jennings shot several times inside a tent at an encampment near the intersection of Maryland Avenue and Jackson Street. An autopsy revealed he had been shot seven times. Inside his jacket was a handwritten note with a phone number on it…