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Suspect Arrested in Shakopee After Man Shot Dead in Saint Paul

Police arrested a homicide suspect in Shakopee on Sunday after a man was found shot and killed in the back yard of a Saint Paul residence two days before.

Delaquay Levius Williams, 27, was arrested in Shakopee on Mar. 6 and booked on suspicion of murder, believed to be connected to the shooting on the 600 block of Blair Ave. on Friday morning.

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The Saint Paul Police Department confirmed on Monday morning that Williams had been arrested.

Shakopee police said Williams was arrested by a SWAT team serving a search warrant on the 1200 block of Elmwood Ave. in Shakopee on Sunday.

Williams was apprehended without incident, police said, and neighboring agencies assisted with the operation.

Around 11:30 a.m. Friday, Mar. 4, police found Regis A. Jones, 31, of Saint Paul, lying in the back yard of a residence in the city’s Frogtown neighborhood. He was unresponsive and medics later pronounced him dead at the scene from a gunshot wound.

Jones’ death is the 10th homicide in the city so far this year.

According to court records, Williams’ lengthy criminal history includes prior convictions for 1st-degree aggravated robbery and 2nd-degree assault with a dangerous weapon, both felonies. He also has convictions for domestic assault and fleeing police.

Williams was also under “intensive supervised release” for a prior conviction, according to a Department of Corrections record, with his probation set to expire in June 2023.

Formal charges against Williams were filed Tuesday and he remains in custody.

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