Man Acquitted of Killing 3 in Minnesota Is Sentenced to 26 Years in Prison for an Earlier Shooting

A Minneapolis man with an extensive criminal record who was acquitted of killing three people in St. Paul has been sentenced to 26 years in prison for kidnapping and wounding a man in the same city two days before that 2022 shooting.

Antonio Dupree Wright was given consecutive terms at the prosecution’s request for kidnapping and attempted murder. Ramsey County District Judge Kelly Olmstead on Monday also granted Wright, 42, credit for 488 days already served, the Pioneer Press reported.

Prosecutors argued that Wright shot a 37-year-old man identified in the criminal complaint as DW, who considered Wright to be a close friend, because Wright thought DW was going to snitch on him after overhearing Wright discussing a 2017 killing

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