Devonte Coppage, Who Died In St. Paul Over A $300 Drug Deal, Documented His Life On Facebook...

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blog post by John Hoff

Devonte Coppage, who was named by this blog before any other media source as the victim of a failed drug deal in St. Paul, was like many other young urban individuals with extensive criminal records who die by homicidal violence or (on a different day, when somebody else gets the drop) commit homicidal violence; in that he extensively documented his life on Facebook.

So here we go again, and it gets old before it even starts...

In May, St. Paul Murder Victim Devonte Coppage Was Charged With Threatening To Kill A Woman And Her Two Small Children, Breaking Down Her Door, CHOKING HER...He Is Also Related To Individuals Killed In Infamous Gang-Related Firebombing Of Coppage Children...

Facebook photo used under First Amendment Fair Comment and Criticism, and
public safety exception to copyright, blog post by John Hoff

Devonte Coppage, (DOB 9/3/91) who was the first murder victim of 2014 in St. Paul, was reportedly attempting to make a drug deal when he was shot at a gas station in St. Paul. Antonio Ray Seals is charged with second degree murder in the death of Coppage. I have confirmed Devonte Coppage is related to the Coppage family involved in the infamous Coppage murders in St. Paul roughly two decades ago. 

JNS blog named Coppage as the recent St. Paul murder victim last night, a day before any other media source named Coppage. I also published his criminal record, plus...