On a tragic Friday evening in Saint Paul, Minnesota, the life of Keyira Patrice Monay Nunn, a 17-year-old Black/African American female, was cut short on June 2, 2017. She was a passenger in a car, riding through the city's East Side around 5 p.m. when a senseless act of violence unfolded. Near the intersection of Third Street East and Van Dyke Street, another vehicle, a tan SUV, pulled up alongside them.
A single shot was fired from the SUV, striking Keyira in the chest.
The driver of the car she was in, realizing she was grievously wounded, pulled over and immediately called 911. Paramedics and police arrived at the scene to find the young woman unresponsive. Despite their efforts, Keyira was pronounced dead at the scene. The news of her death, the city's 11th homicide of the year, sent ripples of sorrow and shock through the community. She had been a student at Johnson Senior High School and was an employee at a local Chipotle Mexican Grill.
The Saint Paul Police Department launched an intensive investigation into the homicide. The driver of the car Keyira was in cooperated fully with the authorities, providing a description of the shooter and the vehicle. A crucial piece of evidence came from a nearby home's surveillance camera. The footage showed the suspect's SUV passing the car Keyira was in, then abruptly turning around in a driveway, knocking over a garbage can in the process, to follow them. Though the shooting itself was not captured, the video provided investigators with key details about the vehicle, including a broken rear reverse light and a missing lug nut cover on a front tire.
This information led police to 23-year-old Dauntrelle Lamont Bullock. An off-duty officer spotted the distinctive SUV at a gas station in Robbinsdale a few days after the shooting. Bullock, who matched the driver's description and was the registered owner, was taken into custody. During questioning, he claimed he was at his job at the time of the murder, an alibi that was quickly proven false by his employer. Further investigation revealed that Bullock had called his workplace after the shooting, claiming a family emergency and stating he needed to leave town. Subsequently, Dauntrelle Lamont Bullock was charged with second-degree murder in the death of Keyira Patrice Monay Nunn.
