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Gang Member Charged With Murders Of Innocent Bystanders In Mpls. Shooting

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- A Bloomington man faces eight criminal charges in connection to the gang-related shooting deaths of two men in a Minneapolis park in July.

The Hennepin County Attorney's Office says 23-year-old Antonio Frasion Jenkins Jr., who goes by the nickname "Popeye," fatally shot 24-year-old Abdirahman Jined and 20-year-old Jorge Zavaleta-Martinez in the Peace Garden section of Peavey Park on the night of July 25.

The criminal complaint says Jenkins Jr., a member of the 20z street gang, fired five to seven times at a group of five men who were members of the rival 10z gang. The two victims were near the men at the time of the shooting, but were not gang members.

The charges against Jenkins Jr. come one day after seven other gang members were indicted for shootings between 10z and 20z gang members, some of which also included injuries of innocent bystanders.

Jenkins, Jr. was charged with four counts of second-degree murder and four counts of attempted second-degree murder, with half of those counts classified as being committed on behalf of a gang.

He will make his first court appearance Thursday, and his bail is set at $2.5 million.

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