Three charged in murder outside St. Paul bar
Trent A. Crumble was fatally shot during a drug deal.Three men were charged Monday in the fatal shooting of Trent A. Crumble in St. Paul last week, apparently during a drug deal gone awry.
Joshua M. Bystrom, 21, of St. Paul, allegedly shot Crumble, according to charges filed in Ramsey County District Court. He was charged with second-degree murder. Also charged are Ronald A. Gilgenbach, 22, for illegally possessing a firearm and Javaier Abdul Ahmed, 18, for aiding an offender.
Police found Crumble, 24, shot in the back about 9:30 p.m. in the parking lot of Malina's Sports Bar in the 600 block of Dale Street at Minnehaha Avenue. He died at Regions Hospital about an hour later.
According to the complaint: Gilgenbach told police he was going to buy $200 worth of marijuana from Ahmed. Gilgenbach drove to Dale Street and Minnehaha Avenue with Crumble as his passenger.
Gilgenbach followed Ahmed's car into the alley and parked alongside his car. Gilgenbach got into Ahmed's car, and Bystrom, who was riding with Ahmed, got into the back seat, the charges said.
Bystrom told police that Crumble then approached the vehicle, pulled out a gun and threatened them. Crumble reached inside and grabbed Ahmed in a headlock as he pointed the gun back and forth between Ahmed and Bystrom. Meanwhile, Gilgenbach ransacked the car and glove box, asking, "Where is it at?"
Bystrom told police he thought they were being carjacked and shot Crumble, according to the charges.
Bystrom turned himself into police Friday afternoon after authorities contacted him. Police divers started searching Como Lake that afternoon for evidence.
Ahmed turned himself into police Saturday.
Crumble's May 4 murder was the city's third this year compared to 11 by the end of April 2010. (There were 14 homicides by the end of May 2010.)
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
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Stupid drug dealer games, stupid drug dealer prizes, I do love the shared responsibility though, dealing with drug dealers crime begets crime.....
ReplyDeleteWill the gun control crowd put Mr Amhead in the children in gun crime crowd.....
Hey Anonumbass, you surpised me - well done!
ReplyDeleteI was expecting you to go for the even easier, and more clever shot, something about "that's the way the cookie Crumbles" to make fun of the murderedman's name.
Because you approach death with such sensitivity.
Imho, this is precisely the kind of crime that I think the proposal for legalizing marijuana would help diminish.
There were not one, but two apparently illegal guns involved in this murder. Guns which were almost certainly sold to these guys as the original buyers.
That shouldn't be ok.
"Bystrom told police that Crumble then approached the vehicle, pulled out a gun and threatened them."
ReplyDeleteBuzzzzz!!!! wrong on one count......
OID Number: 223130
Name: TRENT ALEXANDER CRUMBLE
Birth Date: 6/24/1986
Current Status: Supervised Release
Location: Ramsey County
Admit Date: 5/9/2007
Last Facility Release Date **: 4/12/2010
Last Facility Release Type: SUPV REL
Expiration Date: 12/15/2011
The cookie monster was a felon, so his weapon was not sold to him legally.....
I can understand why certain guys that keep thousands of dollars worth of product at their house might own a gun or two. It's only natural. It makes a good deterrent to low-life rip-offs.
ReplyDeleteNEVER BRING A GUN TO A PUBLIC PLACE TO TRANSACT. IF YOU CAN'T TRUST THE PERSON ENOUGH THAT YOU THINK YOU NEED A GUN, DON'T DO A DEAL WITH THAT PERSON. GUNS ARE FOR IDIOTS.
Anonymous is conveniently forgetting that the gun originally came from some legitimate owner somewhere. That's why gun owners who resist gun control all share in the blame.
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