Blaine man set for prison release now charged in 2020 Minneapolis killing

A Blaine, Minnesota, man who is due to be released from prison next week after serving time for illegal firearm possession was charged Friday in a 2020 killing in north Minneapolis.The Hennepin County Attorney's Office says Melvonte Lee Peterson, 35, faces one count of second-degree murder and one count of second-degree drive-by shooting in the Aug. 31, 2020, killing.The criminal complaint alleges Peterson shot the victim in the head and left thigh near the intersection of North 30th and Penn avenues in the Jordan neighborhood. Witnesses told police they heard up to five gunshots and saw two SUVs flee.Investigators later traced the vehicles through public surveillance cameras to a nearby gas station and focused on a Buick LaCrosse. Its driver was "clearly visible" in footage from just minutes before the shooting, court documents state.The car was traced to Peterson, and investigators found him on Facebook. Photos he posted of himself on the day of the shooting showed him wearing the sa