By Doug Barrett
Feb 3, 2021 2:13 PM
An 11-year-old Minnesota boy who was shot five times was able to tell officers before he died that his mother’s boyfriend shot him and killed his mother and sister. Twenty-six-year-old Tekeith Jones has been charged with three counts of second-degree intentional murder in the killings Saturday of 30-year-old D’Zondria Wallace, her 13-year-old daughter La’Porsha and her 11-year-old son Ja’Corbie. According to the criminal charges filed Tuesday, Jones told police that he shot and killed the three to save them. A SWAT team arrested Jones in St. Paul on Sunday. He is due in court later Tuesday.
Boy, 11, tells cops who killed his mum, sister before he died
An 11-year-old Minnesota boy who had been shot five times was able to tell officers before he died that his motherâs boyfriend shot him and killed his mother and sister, according to criminal charges filed Tuesday.
Tekeith Jones, 26, was charged with three counts of second-degree intentional murder in the killings of DâZondria Wallace, 30, her 13-year-old daughter LaâPorsha and her 11-year-old son JaâCorbie at their home in St Paul on Saturday.
Jones first court appearance was scheduled for Tuesday.
The complaint said DâZondria was shot twice and LaâPorsha was shot 10 times. Both were dead when officers arrived.
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An 11-year-old boy shot five times alongside his mother and teenage sister implicated the man who did it before dying at the hospital, according to murder charges.
TeKeith Syvone Jones, 26, was charged Tuesday in Ramsey County District Court with three counts of second-degree murder in connection with the deaths of his ex-girlfriend, D Zondria Wallace, 30, and her two children, La Porsha, 14, and Ja Corbie, 11. Jones remains jailed in lieu of $5 million bail.
In a police interview, Jones eventually confessed to the shooting but gave inconsistent answers on the motive. Jones didn t know why he killed them, charges say, but claimed he was trying to save them.
11-Year-Old Boy Reveals His Mother and Sister s Killer Before Dying, Police Say
On 2/3/21 at 12:01 PM EST
An 11-year-old boy who was shot several times along with his mother and sister at their home in Minnesota managed to implicate the man responsible to police before succumbing to his injuries.
Ja Corbie Wallace, of Saint Paul, was killed along with his mother D Zondria Wallace, 30, and 14-year-old sister La Porsha Wallace following the shooting at his home in the 700 block of Jessie Street on January 30.
TeKeith Svyone Jones, 26, was arrested the next day by the Saint Paul Police Department s SWAT team at about 7:25 p.m. in an apartment on the 2100 block of Wilson Avenue, about four miles from where the shooting occurred.
Boy, 11, ID d St. Paul triple homicide suspect to police before he died
By Allie Johnson
ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - The Ramsey County Attorney’s Office charged a 26-year-old man Tuesday with murdering his ex-girlfriend and her two children in their home in St. Paul, Minnesota over the weekend.
Tekeith Jones has been charged with three counts of second-degree murder in connection with the deaths of 30-year-old D’Zondria Wallace and her two children 14-year-old La’Porsha Wallace and 11-year-old Ja’Corbie Wallace.
Boy named shooter in St. Paul triple homicide before he died
Shortly before he passed away, an 11-year-old boy told police the name of the man who fatally shot his mother and sister in St. Paul. The suspect has been charged in connection to their deaths.