Murder charges filed in death of Minneapolis 12-year-old

The suspect hadn't been arrested as of Thursday morning.

September 16, 2021 at 7:30PM
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London Bean, 12, was a sixth-grader at Sojourner Truth Academy in Minneapolis. He was shot and killed recently after a dispute with another child. (Provided by family/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Authorities have issued an arrest warrant for a teenager who they suspect of fatally shooting 12-year-old London Bean at a north Minneapolis apartment complex last week.

Jeremiah Marquise Grady, 18, of Minneapolis was charged with second-degree murder in the Sept. 8 killing of Bean outside Grady's apartment building at N. 8th and Aldrich avenues. He was charged by warrant, because police said his whereabouts were unknown as of Thursday morning.

Bean was shot after getting into a fight with another boy, believed to be Grady's younger brother, while several adults looked on. As the fight continued, witnesses told police that the suspect came around from the back of the building and pointed a gun at everyone, yelling, "Yeah! Wassup!" The gunman was said to be wearing a black ski mask and dressed in all black.

As people began to run, the suspect fired off several shots, two of which struck Bean in the chest and abdomen, according to a criminal complaint filed in Hennepin County District Court. Bean was taken to an area hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.

As the suspect fled, he fired at a blue SUV parked nearby, narrowly missing a teenage girl, police said. Detectives were later directed to the suspect's Facebook page, which police believe belonged to Grady under a vanity name.

Police believe Grady may have traveled outside of Minnesota. Anyone with information as to his whereabouts is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or submit tips to CrimeStoppersMN.org.

Minneapolis, like other large U.S. cities, has seen a sharp increase in homicides dating back to last year, with a growing number of children being among the victims. There have been 70 homicides so far in the city this year.

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(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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London Bean, 12, was a sixth-grader at Sojourner Truth Academy in Minneapolis. He was shot and killed recently after a dispute with another child. (Family photo) (Provided by family/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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Jeremiah Marquise Grady (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

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Libor Jany is the Minneapolis crime reporter for the Star Tribune. He joined the newspaper in 2013, after stints in newsrooms in Connecticut, New Jersey, California and Mississippi. He spent his first year working out of the paper's Washington County bureau, focusing on transportation and education issues, before moving to the Dakota County team.

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