Charges: 18-year-old arrested for shooting 2 juveniles in St. Paul

Court records show an 18-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a shooting that injured two juveniles in St. Paul.

Jerry D’John Anthony Sanders is facing three charges of second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon.

As previously reported, two 13-year-olds, a boy and a girl, were shot in the leg in St. Paul in the early hours of Sept. 1. The boy was taken to the hospital for treatment, while the girl only sustained a graze wound and did not require a trip to the hospital.

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During his stay in the hospital, a police officer reportedly overheard a conversation the youth was having with a relative, where he said he had been “trolling” another person online and that was who had shot him.

This person the 13-year-old had been trolling was later identified as Sanders.

According to charging documents, the boy, girl, and another juvenile had been trying to get McDonald’s from a drive-through but were refused service because they were not in a car.

As the trio was returning to an apartment, the other juvenile, who was not shot, received a FaceTime call from Sanders. Shortly after the FaceTime call was picked up, the juvenile said the call ended and shots began to fire.

The three ran back to the apartment, where they waited for first responders.

When speaking with the injured 13-year-old, the boy said he was unsure of the exact identity of the person he had been trolling, knowing his nickname “Fat J.” According to the boy, he and “Fat J” have had an ongoing dispute in which both of them were saying disrespectful things about the other’s dead relatives.

Authorities later identified “Fat J” as Sanders.

Court documents said a concerned citizen had reached out to police about the incident, stating they had been FaceTiming one of the juveniles when the shooting occurred and provided a description of Sanders. They also told investigators that Sanders went on a group call shortly after the shooting, which included them, in which he allegedly said, “I just blew your homie down.”

Sanders was not at his usual residence when police searched for him.

Police later arrested him in Minneapolis on Sept. 3.
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