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Nia Black

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Age 23  |  Gunshot wound
Date of homicide: June 13, 2020

During a large fight at the Lamplighter Cocktail Lounge (160 Larpenteur Avenue West, Saint Paul) several shots were fired.  Nia Black, who was trying to leave, was hit by a bullet.  She suffered a gunshot wound to the head.  

Nia worked as a makeup artist in northeast Minneapolis.

Suspect

James Fields, Age 35.

Fields is in custody on second degree murder charges. His criminal records includes assaults and a burglary. One of those assaults involved Fields shooting a man in the Lamplighter Lounge's parking lot in August of 2014. Same area where Nia Black was murdered.

Media Coverage

  • WCCO: 'Do the Right Thing': Family of Nia Black wants justice after fatal weekend shooting in St. Paul
  • KARE 11: 'All she did was make other people feel beautiful': Woman, 23, dies in St. Paul shooting
  • StarTribune: Woman shot, killed outside St. Paul bar during brawl was 23-year-old makeup artist, police say
  • Twin Cities Pioneer Press: 'A beautiful, blessed, black queen': Woman fatally shot in St. Paul's North End recently launched cosmetology business
  • KSTP: St. Paul Police identify victim of Saturday morning homicide
  • MPR News: St. Paul anti-violence activists plead for killing to stop

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