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A Ramsey County judge on Friday handed a decadelong sentence to a former St. Paul recreation center employee who shot and critically wounded a teenager last year. During a fight with a group of teens at the Jimmy Lee Recreation Center, Exavir Dwayne Binford Jr. pulled out a gun and shot JuVaughn Turner, then 16, in his forehead.
With credit for nearly 3 years in custody since his arrest, Wynne is expected to serve the first 16-plus years in prison and the balance on supervised release.
It's been nearly seven years since local artist and activist Susan Spiller was found stabbed to death in her own bedroom. Now the jury must deliberate the fate of Demetrious Wynne, who has been charged with her murder.
Jurors deliberating in the trial for a 2015 Minneapolis murder suspect have reached a verdict Tuesday.
The jury returned a split verdict in the 2015 north Minneapolis murder of Susan Spiller. Demetrius Wynne, who was 14 years old at the time of Spiller’s murder, was charged with two counts of second-degree murder and certified to stand trial as an adult in this case.