UNBELIEVABLE: Lekevic Deshawn Chambers Charged With ATTEMPTED Murder, Turns Out "Murder First Degree With Intent While Committing A Felony" Is Jailhouse Roster Speak For ATTEMPTED Murder With Nobody Dead!

Stock photo, auto shop in "Frogtown," St. Paul, blog post by John Hoff

What I know is what's in the public record, and if the public record is FUBAR then I won't have premium information. YES, Lekevic Deshawn Chambers is charged with serious crimes, stemming from a shooting incident at 3600 Vincent Ave. N.

Fortunately, Chambers' marksmanship is less-than-lethal, so nobody is dead, even if some extremely fat-fingered typing and summarizing makes it LOOK that way on the Hennepin County Jailhouse Roster. Which, incidentally, is sometimes known to feature ADDRESSES THAT HAVE NO BASIS IN REALITY.

Kudos to the Hennepin County official who provided a copy of the complaint lightning fast in response to my request and provided the facts on this incident, as follows...


The officer making the complaint is Kendal Chambers who, ironically, shares a last name with the defendant, Lekevic D. Chambers. According to Chambers (no relation) this is what Chambers (still no relation) allegedly did:

On March 9, 2012 at approximately 510 PM a group of five individuals were returning from playing basketball and were in a purple Dodge Stratus, a bullet magnet if I've ever heard of one. The individuals in the car are not identified in the complaint, except by the following initials: DG, DB, TJ, CT, MJ.

The car pulled up to 3600 Vincent Ave. N., facing north. The individuals whose initials are DG, DB and MJ got out to greet people parked in a car across the street. Johnny Northside suspects elaborate handshakes were exchanged.

"A large SUV, possibly a suburban or a Tahoe, drove southbound on Vincent between the two cars. The driver and a second black male got out of the truck and walked up to the purple Dodge. They both fired several shots at CT and TJ who were still in the back seat of the car. The driver got back in the car and drove away, the second shooter was RUNNING AFTER THE VEHICLE. Johnny Northside points out that "leave no man behind" isn't an ethos in the hood. Witnesses reported both shooters fired "multiple shots."

The two victims had multiple gunshot wounds. They were rushed to surgery and survived, no matter what the jail roster would lead any reasonable person to conclude based on its inexcusably sloppy phrasing.

Both the shooters were identifiable by witnesses and were identified as Monsur Ibrahim Jackson and Lekevic Deshawn Chambers. The complaint adds that "Defendant Chambers is in custody." Based on further examination of the jail roster (to the degree it can be trusted) it appears Jackson is not in custody and is, presumably, running around loose. No criminal record for Monsur Ibrahim Jackson currently turns up in Minnesota online court records.

The criminal complaint appears to use "3600 Vincent Ave. N." as an actual address, not as a "block number" broad identifier. I can currently perceive no connection between the crime in question and the address in question and I'm working under the assumption it's random.

If I get more details, including mug shots of these (alleged) losers, I will post the info for readers.

JNS BLOG SUPER EXCLUSIVE: Lekevic Deshawn Chambers Of North Minneapolis Charged With First Degree Murder, Looks Like Drive By Shooting, WHO IS THIS GUY!?!! (CORRECTED POST: ATTEMPTED Murder, Jail Roster Wording Was Just Plain WRONG)

Stock photo, blog post by John Hoff

It's on the jailhouse roster, plain as the nose on your face. Lekevic Chambers of 3009 Newton Ave. N. is charged with enough stuff to put him away for most of his young life, and the undeniable pattern of the charges points to a drive by shooting in which two people wer killed and one other was injured. Incredibly...



His bail is ONE MILLION DOLLARS.


Chambers' criminal record to date shows only a conviction for driving without a license. The driving incident happened August 25, 2011, the conviction took place January 5 of this year. Then, incredibly, Chambers finds himself in jail and he's hit with a paper raft of charges, as follows:

1/1 ASSAULT MINNEAPOLIS PD PROBABLE CAUSE PROB CAUSE FORMALLY CHARGED $1,000,000
BAIL REVISED/DC 4/9/2012..13:30 DOWNTOWN Address

1/2 MURDER-1ST DEGREE - WITH INTENT - WHILE COMMITTING A FELONY MINNEAPOLIS PD PROBABLE CAUSE FELONY $0
4/9/2012..13:30 DOWNTOWN Address

1/3 MURDER-1ST DEGREE - WITH INTENT - WHILE COMMITTING A FELONY MINNEAPOLIS PD PROBABLE CAUSE FELONY $0
4/9/2012..13:30 DOWNTOWN Address

1/4 DANGEROUS WEAPONS-DRIVE BY SHOOTING TOWARD PERSON, OCCUPIED MOTOR VEHICLE OR OCCUPIED BUILDING MINNEAPOLIS PD PROBABLE CAUSE FELONY $0
4/9/2012..13:30 DOWNTOWN Address

1/5 DANGEROUS WEAPONS-DRIVE BY SHOOTING TOWARD PERSON, OCCUPIED MOTOR VEHICLE OR OCCUPIED BUILDING MINNEAPOLIS PD PROBABLE CAUSE FELONY $0
4/9/2012..13:30 DOWNTOWN Address

1/6 ASSAULT-2ND DEGREE-DANGEROUS WEAPON-SUBSTANTIAL BODILY HARM MINNEAPOLIS PD PROBABLE CAUSE FELONY $0
4/9/2012..13:30 DOWNTOWN Address

1/7 ASSAULT-2ND DEGREE-DANGEROUS WEAPON-SUBSTANTIAL BODILY HARM MINNEAPOLIS PD PROBABLE CAUSE FELONY $0
4/9/2012..13:30 DOWNTOWN Address

Chambers was received by the jail on April 3 at 2:51 PM. All the charges are from the Minneapolis Police Department, not other police agencies.

Chambers' address is listed as 3009 Newton Ave. N. The property is a rental owned by Busby Dasent of 8448 Logan Ave. N., Brooklyn Park, MN.

Further info, this blogger hath not.

(NOTE: Blog post wording corrected to make clear there are TWO counts of murder, two counts of felony assault with a dangerous weapon)