Charges: Deadly Shiloh Temple funeral shooting stemmed from fight over gun
By Rose Semenov
Two people were shot in a parking lot outside Shiloh Temple in Minneapolis on June 11, 2021.
(FOX 9)
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - A 26-year-old St. Paul man has been charged by warrant in connection to a deadly shooting outside a funeral at Shiloh Temple in Minneapolis earlier this summer.
Kevin Lamarr Mason, 26, is charged with second-degree murder and possessing a firearm after a previous conviction.
According to the charges, police knew people associated with a north Minneapolis street gang would be attending the funeral and officers were concerned about more possible violence. After hearing shots fired, police arrived at the church and found a man suffering from gunshot wounds to the neck and back. Responders took him to a hospital, where he later died. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner identified the victim as Dontevius Ahmad Catchings, 29, of Minneapolis.