Minnesota man fatally shot his kids’ mother, took them to Michigan before fleeing to Canada, charges say

A 33-year-old man fatally shot the mom of his youngsters in St. Paul after exhibiting up at one in all their birthdays final week, then fled the state with the youngsters and crossed the Canadian border alone on foot, based on the costs.

St. Paul police stated Monday they proceed to seek for Wesley B. Koboi of St. Paul in reference to the homicide of 29-year-old Shaniya D. Thompson, who officers found dead at her Dayton’s Bluff residence Friday. Preliminary proof confirmed she was shot Thursday.

Koboi was charged Saturday by order of Ramsey County District Court docket with intentional homicide within the second diploma and unintentional homicide within the second diploma.

Thompson was a “devoted mom” of 5 youngsters who “witnessed the unthinkable,” her sister stated.

“(Koboi) got here into her home with presents for my younger niece’s birthday,” Thompson’s sister wrote on one GoFundMe page. “All alongside I used to be planning to shoot and kill my sister whereas my cousins ​​have been there.”

In keeping with the legal grievance:

Officers have been referred to as to Thompson’s residence constructing within the 500 block of Broadway Avenue, close to downtown and near Interstates 94/35E and East Seventh Avenue, round 4:15 p.m. Friday. The caller, who lives in Louisiana, stated her granddaughter referred to as and reported that the lady’s father, Koboi, had shot her mom contained in the residence.

An officer referred to as the lady, who stated she was in Michigan. When requested if her mom was house and every thing was going properly, she replied: “I do not know.” When requested if she had seen her father, she stated, “Dad had a gun.”

One other baby acquired on the cellphone and stated she thought he harm her mom with a gun and that it was an accident. She stated they’d an argument and he had a “brief” gun that he held to her mom’s head.

The kid stated Koboi then requested her and her siblings in the event that they wished to go to their aunt’s home. It was the kid’s birthday.

Officers entered the residence and located Thompson mendacity on her again in the master suite toilet. She had a gunshot wound to the pinnacle. A gun and a cellphone have been on the bottom subsequent to her physique.

Thompson’s father advised an investigator he realized Koboi had gone to the residence for a kid’s birthday. Koboi advised the youngsters to depart the lounge and go to their bed room. Then they heard a scream and a loud ‘thud’. Koboi advised the youngsters they have been leaving and drove them to Grand Rapids, Michigan, the place his mom lives.

Koboi’s mom stated he and the youngsters arrived at her house between 8:30 and 9 a.m. Friday. It is an eight-hour, 13-minute drive from St. Paul to Grand Rapids by way of interstate, the grievance stated.

Koboi advised his mom they have been there to have a good time Christmas, however in any other case “did not say a lot about their shock arrival,” based on the grievance. She stated he stayed about an hour after which left the children together with her, saying he can be again, however not the place he was going.

Investigators realized by way of federal regulation enforcement that Koboi crossed the border into Canada on foot on the Sarnia Blue Water Bridge in Port Huron, Michigan, simply earlier than midnight on Friday. He had booked a flight to Mexico.

Mara H. Gottfried contributed to this report.