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Kavonta Lashawn Pratt

Case from Saint Paul, MN dated Dec 10, 2015

Victim Details

Kavonta Lashawn Pratt

Male

Black / African American

Saint Paul

MN

2015-12-10

23

Kavonta

Lashawn Pratt

06/21/2026

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In the early hours of a cold December morning in Saint Paul, Minnesota, the life of 23-year-old Kavonta Lashawn Pratt, a Black / African American male, was tragically cut short. On December 10, 2015, Pratt and his friend, Dominic Larrel Jasper, 26, were fatally shot in an apartment in the city's Uppertown neighborhood. A third man, a friend of Pratt and Jasper, was also critically injured in the attack but managed to survive.

The events unfolded at approximately 12:30 a.m. when police wer ...
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  • Minneapolis man killed two in St. Paul in fit of jealousy, charges say
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