Charges: Woman Accidentally Shot And Killed Father On I-94 While Attempting To Break Up Argument

CBS Minnesota

August 25, 2021

A 42-year-old Brooklyn Center woman says she accidentally shot and killed her father while attempting to break up a fight on the side of Interstate 94 over the weekend, according to charges filed in Hennepin County.

Takesha Deadwyler is charged with first- and second-degree manslaughter, both felonies, in connection to Saturday’s incident that resulted in major backups on the interstate.

The complaint says officers were dispatched at 9:35 p.m. to Interstate 94 and 53rd Avenue North on the report of a shooting. When they arrived, officers found a man lying on the ground with a gunshot wound to his head. He was later pronounced dead at the hospital.

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