Charges: Oakdale Man Helped Friend Rob, Murder Deondrae Atkins In Downtown St. Paul

By WCCO Staff, CBS Minnesota

November 18, 2022

An Oakdale man is in custody and faces charges in connection to St. Paul's 33rd homicide case of the year.

The Ramsey County Attorney's Office says Jesse Willis Gleeson, 32, was arrested Thursday and charged with two counts of second-degree murder in the death of the 33-year-old Deondrae Atkins, which happened early Sunday morning in downtown St. Paul.

The criminal complaint says Atkins was found on the ground and unresponsive by officers on the 200 block of West Ninth Street, near the Dorothy Day Center, just after 2 a.m. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Officers found "a large sum of money" in Atkins' pants pockets. A cellphone and a bullet were also nearby.

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