The two people killed following a celebration of life Saturday evening in Minnesota have been identified.
Larry Jiles Jr., 34, of Hugo, Minnesota, and Troy Kennedy, 37, of St. Paul, Minnesota, were identified as the two victims by the St. Paul Police Department Monday.
Jiles was known as “Chef Hot Hands,” according to a GoFundMe found by FOX 9.
“I only met chef Larry once back in 2021 but he stands out as one of the people that inspired me to pursue culinary arts as a career. I could tell he put an immense love and passion into his work and it showed in his delicious food. May he rest in peace,” one supporter wrote.
FIVE SHOT, 2 DEAD AFTER CELEBRATION OF LIFE EVENT IN MINNESOTA: POLICE
A double homicide took place at a celebration of life event in St. Paul, Minnesota on Saturday. Law enforcement identified one victim as Larry Jiles Jr., 34, a chef known locally as “Chef Hot Hands.” (Fox News)
Three other people were injured in the shooting. Over the weekend, police said one man was in critical condition at a hospital, one woman is in stable condition at a hospital and another woman was being treated for non-life-threatening injuries at a hospital.
Officers were called out around 5:15 p.m. in the 500 block of Dale Street North in St. Paul for a report of a person shot. When they arrived, they found a “chaotic scene.”
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The shooting deaths marked the fourth and fifth homicides of the year in St. Paul, Minnesota, police said. (FOX 9 Minneapolis)
Victims from the double homicide in St. Paul, Minnesota, early Saturday evening near the intersection of Dale Street N. and University Avenue W. have been identified. (FOX 9 Minneapolis)
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The parking lot the shooting happened belongs to Kings Crossing, an apartment building for low-income senior citizens.
Police say at the conclusion of the celebration of life, an altercation occurred and shots were fired in the lot.
A motive, in this case, has not been determined, although investigators do not believe it was a random shooting. No arrests have been made.
