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Summary: 49-year-old Michael D. Tucker was fatally shot in Saint Paul, Minnesota, on December 4, 2025. Authorities charged siblings Ryshaun Ca’Mia Rhodes, 36, and Derek Alonzo Mitchell, 35, with aiding second-degree murder after Mitchell allegedly fired Tucker's own gun at him amid a dispute. Reports say the incident involved a narcotic transaction.
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (DailyKenn.com) — Siblings Charged in Deadly Drug Dispute Shooting of Local Man
Authorities in Ramsey County have filed murder charges against a brother and sister accused of killing a 49-year-old St. Paul resident amid a botched narcotics exchange that turned violent.
Police responded to reports of gunfire just before 9:15 p.m. on Dec. 4 in the 900 block of Edgerton Street within the city's Payne-Phalen district. Arriving officers discovered Michael D. Tucker lying in the boulevard with a severe injury to his upper body from a bullet, according to official accounts. Emergency personnel administered first aid at the site before transporting him to Regions Hospital, where medical staff pronounced him dead shortly after arrival.
The county medical examiner classified Tucker's death as a homicide, attributing it to a single penetrating wound to his back.
Investigators pieced together the sequence through interviews, digital evidence, and physical items recovered during the probe. Court filings indicate Tucker contacted Ryshaun Ca’Mia Rhodes, 36, of nearby Brooklyn Park, to acquire about $700 worth of cocaine. He met her in a black SUV parked outside his home, tested a sample inside, and then came back to the residence briefly with a small parcel before stepping out again.
An altercation soon erupted when Tucker allegedly rejected the drug's quality and pulled out a handgun to seize the substance without compensating Rhodes, prosecutors stated. In the ensuing scuffle inside the vehicle, Rhodes' sibling, Derek Alonzo Mitchell, 35, who was present, reportedly seized the weapon and discharged it once toward Tucker as he tried to escape on foot.
Tucker's live-in partner informed detectives she watched him interact with the SUV after he took a call, saw him re-enter their house momentarily with the package, and heard him direct her to lock up as he departed a second time. She recounted hearing a sharp bang soon after but stayed indoors out of caution.
Authorities traced the vehicle via automated license plate scanners and matched cellphone signals to place Rhodes and Mitchell at the location. A subsequent raid on Rhodes' residence yielded a 9mm handgun—a black and purple Taurus model—that ballistics linked to the spent shell casing left near the victim, along with winter caps matching those described in the encounter.
Rhodes and Mitchell now each confront one count of aiding and abetting second-degree murder without intent, carrying a maximum penalty of 40 years imprisonment upon conviction. Judges set their bonds at $1 million apiece following arrests earlier this week.
This case represents St. Paul's 13th slaying of the year, a sharp decline from the 32 tallied by the same point in 2024, law enforcement officials highlighted. Area residents voiced dismay at the event, with some community members calling for stronger measures against illicit drug activity in residential zones to prevent similar tragedies.
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