Devon McClellan

Jan. 14: McClellan, 29, was shot during the evening in an alley of University Avenue. He died hours later at the hospital. No arrests have been made.

Levi Gardent Jr.

Jan. 15: Gardent, 3, died of blunt force trauma from abuse at the hands of his mother’s boyfriend, who was convicted of murder and is now serving a prison sentence.

Charles Frye

Jan. 26: Frye, 39, was a father of nine. He was shot and killed at a house party on E. Maryland Avenue. The alleged shooter was charged with murder.

Aaron Delaney

Jan. 29: Delaney, 20, was shot and killed after an argument at a Holiday gas station on Minnehaha Avenue. The alleged shooter was charged with murder.

Raytrell Benjamin

Feb. 21: Benjamin, 23, was fatally shot while sitting in the driver’s seat of a van on Carroll Avenue. No one has been arrested in his killing.

Mark Franklin Jr.

March 15: Franklin, 21, was shot while defending his cousin as she was being assaulted by her boyfriend. The alleged shooter was charged with murder.

Matthew Schramm

April 15: Schramm, 33, was found shot in the home he owned just off W. 7th Street. The alleged shooter was arrested and charged with murder.

Marquez Perry-Banks

May 3: Perry-Banks, 21, was gunned down in the driver’s seat of his vehicle outside the Maryland Supermarket. The alleged shooter was charged with murder.

Michael Gray

May 4: Gray, 33, was shot and killed at 2 a.m. outside Johnny Baby’s bar on W. University Avenue. No arrests have been made in his killing.

Riley Taylor

May 4: Taylor, 4, died after he was left alone for hours in a hot SUV with the window cracked. His father, who was working, is now serving time for manslaughter.

Dajuon Johnson

June 22: Johnson, 22, died a week after he was shot in the head at a BP gas station at the corner of University and Hamline avenues. No arrests have been made.

Walter Quarles

June 28: Quarles, 39, was shot mutiple times after an argument at a home near Indian Mounds Regional Park. The alleged shooter was charged with murder.

Jessica Williams

July 19: Williams, 27, a mother of three children, was shot by her ex-boyfriend after she broke up with him. He was charged with murder.

Randy Davis

Aug. 19: Davis, 20, was shot in the chest by a woman playing with a gun after a party in the Payne-Phalen neighborhood. She was charged with manslaughter.

Thomas Harrigan

Sept. 2: Harrigan, 36, a firefighter and decorated National Guard medic, was shot following an argument in his home. Two brothers were charged with murder.

Kacey Feiner

Sept. 7: Feiner, 22, was shot multiple times at close range following an argument near Battle Creek Regional Park. A rival gang member was charged with murder.

Javier Sanmiguel

Sept. 9: Sanmiguel, 31, a married father of four, was shot trying to help a mentally ill man who crashed his car. The man was charged with murder.

Raumez Ross

Sept. 9: Ross, 18, was shot while walking along Rice Street in the North End neighborhood and died in a corner store. A 15-year-old was charged with murder.

Nickey Taylor

Sept. 10: Taylor, 27, was in a car near University Avenue and Marion Street when he was shot by occupants of another vehicle. No arrests have been made.

Ronald Davis

Sept. 15: Davis, 31, was fatally shot by a St. Paul police officer after Davis rammed the officer’s squad vehicle and charged at him with a knife.

Rayvell Carter

Sept. 18: Carter, 41, was shot outside St. Albans Church of God in Christ as he left a Bible study session with family members. No arrests have been made.

Terry Edwards

Sept. 24: Edwards, 36, was shot near N. Mendota Street and E. Fremont Avenue following a dispute over a drug buy. The alleged shooter was charged with murder.

Wayne Brown

Sept. 28: Brown, 29, was shot and killed shortly after 11 p.m. in the 1000 block of Hudson Road. No one has been arrested in his death.

Jerico Boykin Sr.

Oct. 6: Boykin, 23, was shot while driving his SUV. His 4-year-old son, who was in the vehicle with him, was shot in the foot. A gang rival was charged with murder.

Shawn Jones

Oct. 27: Jones, 28, was found shot in his car at St. Anthony Avenue and N. Dale Street. Two brothers who are rival gang members were charged with murder.

Steven Malone

Oct. 27: Malone, 65,was found strangled and suffocated in his apartment. A woman was charged with murder and manslaughter in his death.

David Lee

Nov. 1: Lee, 32, was a husband, father and youth basketball coach. He was shot in the driver’s seat of his SUV, while his wife suffered a gunshot wound to the leg.

Anthony Martin

Nov. 2: Martin, 25, was shot in a vehicle along with the driver by a man who tried to force his way into the car. He has been charged with murder.

Da’Qwan Jones-Morris

Nov. 6: Jones-Morris, 17, was shot in the chest by a friend playing with a stolen handgun. Two teenagers, ages 15 and 16, were charged with manslaughter.

Daniel Olvera

Nov. 10: Olvera, 20, was discovered shot in a vehicle at about 5 p.m. on Wayzata Street just east of Rice Street. No one has been arrested in his death.

Antonio Espana-Estrada

Dec. 26: Espana-Estrada, 37, was shot while leaving work at a food distributor. The alleged shooter has been charged with murder.

Abby Simons is the Minnesota Star Tribune's Public Safety Editor. Her team covers crime and courts across the metro. She joined the Minnesota Star Tribune in 2008 and previously reported on crime, courts and politics.

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