Oneida St. and Superior St. in West 7th

Third Suspect Charged in Fatal February Shooting

A planned robbery in the West 7th neighborhood on Feb. 2 left David Lee Turner III, 23, dead for the second murder of 2026 in the city. 

Initially, two suspects, Antavarius Scott Baker and Eithan Armani Green were identified in the fatal shooting, according to court documents. Newly unsealed documents reveal a third suspect, Jaquon Nathaniel Williams, was also charged with two counts of second-degree murder in the case. 

A memorial to David Lee Turner III, who was killed on Feb. 2, near Oneida and Superior St.
A memorial to David Lee Turner III, who was killed on Feb. 2, near Oneida and Superior St.

According to the criminal complaint, Baker drove Green’s girlfriend’s blue Ford Escape to the 100 block of Oneida St. on Feb. 2 to purchase marijuana from Turner. Within 30 seconds of Green getting into the Dodge Durango Turner was driving, multiple shots were fired from two separate guns. Turner was pronounced dead at the scene after being shot eight times. 

Baker was initially booked into Hennepin County Jail on separate charges while all three men were charged in Ramsey County in connection to Turner’s killing. Green and Williams are being held in Ramsey County with Baker now in Ramsey County custody as of March 12. 

Baker was charged with two counts of second-degree murder and Green was charged with second-degree murder and possession of a firearm by an ineligible person, according to the Ramsey County Attorney’s Office. 

Baker was apprehended Feb. 3 at a traffic stop near Logan Ave N in Minneapolis. This came after 15 discharged cartridge cases were found in a separate attempted robbery involving both Baker and Green on Feb.1 near this location. 

Green was booked into the Ramsey County Jail on Feb. 6.

Baker later admitted he lied to prosecutors about it being just him and Green in the Ford Escape. According to court documents, Williams stayed behind at the scene while Baker took Green to the hospital. 

Investigators went through text exchanges between Baker and Green discussing plans for the robbery, where Williams was mentioned alongside Green as the two who would carry out the robbery. Williams allegedly had a gun on him at the time of the robbery, according to court documents. After Baker and Green had left, Williams removed Turner’s gun from the Durango at the scene, according to witnesses and video surveillance mentioned in Williams’ criminal complaint. 

In recent years, the state Legislature has altered the definition of aiding and abetting felony murder laws, significantly narrowing liability.

To be convicted of aiding and abetting murder, a person must be a “major participant” who acted with extreme indifference to human life, used a deadly weapon or intended to cause death, as opposed to merely being present under the previous law. 

Williams has five prior felony convictions, including aggravated robbery in the first degree. 

Williams had fled to Chicago following Turner’s killing, according to the criminal complaint filed against him. A nationwide warrant went out for Williams the morning of Feb. 10 and he was booked later that afternoon.


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