A man found shot dead Tuesday in a Maple Grove park was identified as a 26-year-old from Minneapolis, and police say criminal drug activity is suspected in his death.
2 sought in fatal shooting in Maple Grove park linked to drug activity
The man was found dead Tuesday morning in Lakeview Knolls Park
August 3, 2019 at 2:20AM
Dayton Leonard Rossetti Carter, formerly of Ronan, Mont., was found unconscious in a grassy area of Lakeview Knolls Park around 6:25 a.m. Tuesday by a person walking in the park, said Maple Grove Police Capt. Adam Lindquist.
Investigators subsequently learned Rossetti Carter had been shot.
Police have identified two suspects in the case and are asking for the public's help in locating them. Adrick J. Hare, 20, and Arianna S. Sylvester, 18, are wanted in connection with the homicide.
"If they are seen, please call 911 immediately and do not confront," Lindquist said.
Police are asking anyone who may have seen or heard suspicious activity in the park or in a nearby church parking lot Monday night or Tuesday morning to call them at 763-494-6214.
Services for Rossetti Carter are scheduled for 4 p.m. Sunday at the Lind Family Funeral Home in Alexandria, Minn.
His death was the second homicide in the northwestern Twin Cities suburb this year. Before that, the last homicide in Maple Grove occurred in 2014, police said.
