A man received a 47-year prison sentence for killing two people in Minneapolis, including a man from St. Paul, and for the attempted murder of an additional two people.

Ali Reed, a 26-year-old from St. Paul, lost his life “simply by being at the wrong place at the wrong time,” his mother said previously.

Reed and another person encountered a group of three males walking near 21st Street East and Chicago Avenue South on June 25, 2023. After they crossed paths, a man in the group of three pulled out a handgun and shot Reed. Reed collapsed and died at the scene. The person with him ran away and was shot at.

Then, on July 23, 2023, police responded to a shooting at an apartment in the 3000 block of East 58th Street and found Tonia Powell, 30, with multiple gunshot wounds. She died at the hospital. Another woman in Powell’s apartment had also been shot; she underwent surgery and survived.

Calon Markus Hatchett (Courtesy of the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office)

Investigators matched firearms evidence from both shooting scenes, and arrested Calon Markus Hatchett on July 24, 2023, with the gun used in the shootings, according to the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office. Hatchett was sentenced Wednesday.

Bethlehem Lutheran Church in the Midway in St. Paul, where Reed was baptized and where his funeral was held, dedicated a garden in front of the church as “Ali’s Garden” in June.

Reed’s family remembered him in his obituary as as “a smart, loyal, funny, and fearless man who was always ready for the next adventure. He had a contagious smile and outgoing personality.”

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