St. Paul man charged with second-degree murder after allegedly shooting at mom

Yahoo

04-05-2025

A 22-year-old St. Paul man was charged with attempted murder after authorities alleged he pulled out an automatic weapon and fired multiple shots at his mother in front of Metro State University last week, prompting the school to briefly go into lockdown mode.
Elijah Dontrel Lowe was charged Friday with one count of second-degree attempted murder with intent and one count of owning a machine gun or a weapon that has been converted into one with a trigger activator, according to the Ramsey County attorney's office.
The criminal complaint gave the following details:
On the morning of May 1, 2025, Lowe and his mother got into an argument and she told her son to leave her house and not return. Lowe gathered his belongings and left on foot. A short time later, around 12:30 p.m., the mother drove away. She saw her son standing in a parking lot at 674 Sixth Street. She rolled down her window and yelled, telling her son not to come home.
Lowe allegedly became angry and pulled out a gun, firing at her vehicle. The mother told investigators she felt the bullets strike her vehicle and returned home where she parked her vehicle and then went to speak to police at the crime scene.
Witnesses said that a man wearing a camouflage hoodie had fired at a vehicle and fled. When the mother arrived at the scene of the shooting, she told them it had been her son who had fired at her vehicle.
Investigators found 11 spent .10 mm shell casings in the parking lot. The mother's vehicle had a shattered rear window, a broken rear driver's side window and multiple bullet holes on the driver's side of the vehicle.
Officers found Lowe back at the house arguing with his mother and arrested him. He allegedly had an empty handgun magazine in his possession. A police canine, Morris, found a Glock .10 mm with a trigger activator on it inside a nearby grill.
Upon questioning by police, 'Lowe claimed he became so upset he blacked out. When asked how many times he had shot at his mother Lowe said he thought 10 or 11 times.'
He also allegedly admitted that the Glock was his and he had hidden it in the grill.
Authorities said Lowe has four prior felonies: two possession of a firearm by an ineligible person, one first-degree aggravated robbery, and one robbery.
He had been released from the Minnesota Department of Corrections on February 27, 2025.
He will make his first court appearance on Monday, May 5.
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