Coon Rapids

Two more men have been sentenced to life in prison for their roles in the fatal shootings of a woman, her son and husband in Coon Rapids nearly two years ago.

Brothers Demetrius Shumpert and Omari Shumpert, along with Alonzo Mingo, posed as UPS drivers and went into the family’s home with guns looking for money, leading to the killings of Shannon Jungwirth, 42, her son Jorge Reyes-Jungwirth, 20, and her husband, Mario Trejo Estrada, 39.

Mingo fatally shot Jungwirth and Reyes-Jungwirth, while Omari Shumpert killed Trejo Estrada after he fought back, prosecutors said.

All three victims were shot in the head, and the killings were caught by video cameras inside the home in the 200 block of 94th Avenue Northwest. Two small children, both under the age of 5, were also in the home at the time of the killings but not injured.

Demetrius Shumpert, 33, and Omari Shumpert, 20, both of Minneapolis, were sentenced last week in Anoka County District Court after juries convicted them last year of aiding and abetting first-degree murder and other charges in the Jan. 26, 2024, killings.

Jurors in August found Mingo, 39, of Fridley, guilty of the same charges and he was sentenced to life in prison in September.

Court records say that Trejo Estrada was suspected of drug trafficking and that law enforcement was on his trail in the days leading up to the killings.

— Nick Ferraro

Mounds View

Man sentenced in March shooting

An Apple Valley man has been spared prison time for shooting a man during an argument at a mobile home park in Mounds View last year.

Alex Robert Quevedo-Holmes, 21, was sentenced Monday in Ramsey County District Court to nearly a year in the workhouse and four years of probation for the daytime shooting of a 22-year-old, who was struck in the thigh in the 2100 block of Buckingham Lane on March 13, 2025.

Quevedo-Holmes had pleaded guilty to second-degree assault and Quevedo-Holmes’ attorney asked Judge Thomas Gilligan Jr. for a downward departure from state sentencing guidelines, arguing the victim was the primary aggressor before and during the incident. The judge granted the departure request, which was objected to by the prosecution, and stayed a three-year prison term for four years.

According to the criminal complaint, a woman told police the man who was shot is her former boyfriend and that she has a child with him. She said she met Quevedo-Holmes at a bar a week earlier and that he spent the night at her residence.

The man texted her that he was going to beat up Quevedo-Holmes and then arrived just before noon. The two men argued outside, the woman got between them to break it up and told her ex to leave. He approached Quevedo-Holmes, who shot him.

The man was taken to Hennepin County Medical Center with severe blood loss.

Quevedo-Holmes ran from the scene, leading to a search by several law enforcement agencies, a SWAT response and “a shelter in place” issued. He was arrested without incident in South St. Paul the next day.

— Nick Ferraro

Washington County

10 finalists named in snowplow contest

The Washington County Department of Public Works has released its list of 10 finalists for this winter’s snowplow naming contest.

Washington County received more than 1,400 suggestions this year.

The finalists are: Kirill the Chill, Slick Seven, 67, Life of a Snowgirl, Plowasaurus Rex, Chuck the Plow Truck, Blizzard of Oz, K Pop Blizzard Hunter, Duck Duck Orange Truck and Claire D. Way

Voting is open until noon on Jan. 23; individuals can vote just once and select their two favorite names.

The top two vote-getters will become new Washington County snowplow names — one new name for each half of the county, officials said. Winners will be announced at the end of the month.

Voting can be done at www.surveymonkey.com/r/WCNameAPlowFinalist.

The winners in 2025 were Sir Plows a lot (680 votes) and Land of 10,000 Flakes (677 votes).

— Mary Divine

Minnesota

States sue over federal gender requirements

A group of Democratic attorneys general on Tuesday filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s requirement that states must recognize that male and female are the only two immutable sexes to receive certain federal funds.

According to the complaint, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services informed states last year that they must certify compliance with President Donald Trump’s executive order that rolled back protections for transgender people to receive federal health, education and research funds.

The definition was based on whether people are born with eggs or sperm, rather than on their chromosomes, and pitched as a way to protect women from “gender extremism.”

The states are asking a federal court to block HHS from enforcing the new conditions.

An email was sent to HHS seeking comment.

The attorneys general involved in the lawsuit are from California, Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington.

— Associated Press