Charge: Teen opened fire into a crowd, fatally shot man in downtown Duluth

DULUTH – A 17-year-old boy has been charged with fatally shooting a 24-year-old man in the head while opening fire toward a crowd in downtown Duluth.

Patrick W. Battees Jr., of Proctor, who turns 18 in about three weeks, was charged by juvenile petition in St. Louis County District Court with intentional second-degree murder in connection with the shooting of Juamada K. Anderson, 22, of Duluth, early Saturday evening in the 100 block of E. 3rd Street.

Prosecutors have filed with the court to have the case tried in adult court. Battees remains in custody ahead of a hearing on June 3. Court records do not yet list an attorney for him.

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