A second man has been charged in the New Year's Day killing of Carl Dobbs Jr., who was shot in his car outside Johnny Baby's in St. Paul just minutes after bar close.
Zollie S. Brown, 42, of Minneapolis was charged Monday in Ramsey County District Court with second-degree murder and felony aiding an offender for allegedly driving the getaway vehicle. He remains jailed in lieu of $500,000 bail.
Earlier this month, authorities charged the suspected gunman, Trayvon T. Anderson, with second-degree murder in Dobbs' death.
According to the criminal complaint:
A St. Paul police officer on routine patrol near Johnny Baby's bar on the 900 block of W. University Avenue heard something strike a metal fence in the parking lot just after 2 a.m. He was quickly flagged down by several good Samaritans in the lot who were attempting to aid the driver of a Dodge Charger that had slammed into the wrought-iron fence surrounding the bar and adjacent shopping mall. Nearly a dozen shell casings lay scattered in the snow.
Smoke wafted from the bullet-riddled vehicle and the engine continued revving as the driver's foot remained on the gas. The officer put the vehicle in park and summoned paramedics to tend to the victim, who suffered from three visible gunshot wounds to his neck and torso. The man, later identified as Dobbs, died at the scene.
Surveillance footage from the bar helped investigators piece together the last hour of his life.
Dobbs arrived at the bar for its advertised New Year's Eve bash just before 1 a.m. Around the same time, Anderson and Brown pulled into the lot in a black Chevrolet Impala and removed their jackets before heading inside. Anderson later exchanged words with Dobbs at the bar, but appeared to back away without altercation. Anderson and Brown soon retreated to their vehicle.
