A second murder charge was added Monday against a man who is accused in the fatal shooting of a pregnant woman outside the Amazon warehouse in Lakeville after the baby born afterward also died nine days later.
Donte R. McCray, 32, of St. Louis Park, is now charged with two counts of second-degree intentional murder in connection with the shooting on Jan. 8 in the warehouse parking lot that killed 31-year-old Kyla O'Neal.
Their son, Messiah Edward O'Neal, was born that same night by Cesarean section at HCMC.
"After [Messiah] had been on life support for several days with little to no brain activity, the difficult decision was made to disconnect life support," the amended criminal complaint read.
A news release from the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office listed Messiah's age at the time of death as "9 days, 3 hours, 27 minutes."
The cause of death, the examiner's office said, was not from being hit by gunfire but complications from his mother being shot.
Lakeville Police Chief Brad Paulson said last week that "we're proud of the efforts of our first responders and medical professionals who worked so diligently to give this baby a chance at life. This is a difficult development for so many who rallied around this little boy."
O'Neal was shot at about 6:50 p.m. while sitting in a vehicle in the parking lot of the Amazon Fulfillment Center in the 9800 block of 217th Street W. She died at HCMC that night. McCray was arrested that night and has been charged in Dakota County District Court with second-degree intentional murder in connection with the shooting outside the warehouse where he worked. McCray remains jailed in lieu of $2 million bail. He's due back in court on Thursday.