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A Minnesota man acquitted of killing three individuals in a 2022 taking pictures might be heading to jail anyway after being discovered responsible of kidnapping and taking pictures a person in St. Paul.
Jurors on Tuesday convicted Antonio Wright after about 4 hours of deliberation, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reported. Wright, 42, of Minneapolis, faces sentencing Jan. 29.
The 37-year-old sufferer was discovered by police on the entrance porch of a house with 4 gunshot wounds on Sept. 2, 2022. Prosecutors mentioned Wright shot the person out of concern that he was going to speak to police after listening to Wright focus on a 2017 killing.
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A message left Thursday with Wright’s lawyer wasn’t instantly returned.
This undated reserving photograph offered by the Minnesota Division of Corrections reveals Antonio Dupree Wright, of Minneapolis. Three months after Wright was acquitted within the killings of three individuals in St. Paul, Minnesota, a jury discovered him responsible of unrelated crimes. (Minnesota Division of Corrections through AP)
Two days after the taking pictures on Sept. 2, 2022, 5 individuals have been shot in St. Paul. Three of the victims died. Prosecutors charged Wright with second-degree homicide and tried homicide.
Wright, who had eight prior felony convictions, was arrested Sept. 7, 2022, in Chicago, and charged in reference to the shootings on Sept. 2 and Sept. 4, 2022.
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Wright waived his proper to a jury within the triple murder case. At trial in September, his legal professional, Joe Friedberg, argued in his written closing that Wright had a “confirmed” alibi: He was in Chicago on the time.
Ramsey County Choose Kelly Olmstead discovered Wright not responsible on all prices. “There’s inadequate proof to conclude past an inexpensive doubt that the defendant is the one who dedicated these heinous crimes,” Olmstead mentioned.
