Prosecutors will retry Watertown man charged in fatal fender-bender shooting
A mistrial was declared earlier this month after a jury couldn t reach a verdict.
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The Ramsey County Attorney s Office will retry a Watertown man who is accused of shooting another man after a fender bender in St. Paul last May.
Anthony Trifiletti, 25, is charged with second-degree murder in connection to the May 1, 2020, killing of Douglas Cornelius Lewis, 39, near the intersection of Highway 61 and Burns Avenue in St. Paul.
A mistrial was declared earlier this month after the jury couldn t come to a verdict. On Monday, the Ramsey County Attorney s Office said in a news release it would be retrying the case.
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Anthony Trifiletti, 25, was charged with second-degree murder in the death of Douglas Cornelius Lewis, 39.
The jury got the case Thursday afternoon and concluded deliberations at 7 p.m. Friday after declaring it was hung, said Dennis Gerhardstein, spokesman for the Ramsey County Attorney s Office.
Trifiletti remains in custody with bail conditions unchanged. Gerhardstein said Monday that his office will decide in the coming days whether to pursue a new trial.