"Hennessy" Allegedly Fueled The Drunken Fatal Shooting Of Cabrie Young By Joseph Lee Smith, And Other Details From The Criminal Complaint...

Classic painting from the series "A Rake's Progress," image is public domain,
blog post by John Hoff

Click here for the criminal complaint, copies of which were sent to all local media outlets--from the tall to the small--by the Hennepin County prosecutor's office. Many stories have already been written by much bigger media, but let's see what exclusive crumbs are left over for a blogger...

JNS BLOG "BLOODY FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND" RED HOT EXCLUSIVE: Joseph Smith, Accused Of Killing Cabrie D. Young, Had A One Year Weapon Sentence Hanging Over His Head At Time Of Alleged Murder, Of Which He Served Not A Single Day...

Wikipedia "in public domain" image of Joseph Smith, founder of
Mormanism, blog post by John Hoff

Joseph (Lee) Smith, who shares his name with the founder of the Mormon religion and therefore provides me a thin excuse to find something CLOSE to a suitable stock photo, (always a bit of a creative struggle!) is accused of killing Cabrie D. Young, a transplant from Illinois who was on probation at the time of his death.

The jail roster lists Smith's address as...

Star Tribune Identifies One "Bloody Fourth Of July" Shooting Victim As Cabrie D. Young, 28, Participants In "True North Minneapolis" Facebook Forum Proceed To Fill In The Many Blanks Left By Mainstream Media...

Stock photo, blog post by John Hoff (date on photo is not correct) 

They didn't wait for the mainstream media, and they didn't even wait for neighborhood bloggers. No sooner had the Star Tribune published an article naming one of the "Bloody Fourth of July" shooting victims in North Minneapolis as Cabrie D. Young, 28, but participants in a Northside community Facebook forum ("True North Minneapolis") started doing their own journalistic research and digging up relevant facts for themselves...