Two Men Charged With Second-Degree Murder

DULUTH, Minn. — Second-degree murder charges along with two other felony charges have been filed against the men who allegedly fired the shots that killed 19-year-old Paris Allen and injured another in Duluth on Wednesday.

The two men are identified as 21-year-old Sanussi Bangoura and 25-year-old Brandon Williams-Gillard. They each face the same three charges:
Aid & Abet Murder -2nd Degree -Drive-by Shooting;
Aid & Abet Assault-2nd Degree- Dangerous Weapon-Substantial Bodily Harm;
Dangerous Weapons – Drive-by shooting toward a person.

According to the Criminal Complaint — Bangoura and Williams-Gillard saw a person they had a contentious relationship with sitting in a car and decided to approach him.
The complaint says Williams-Gillard got out of the car and hit the hood of the other vehicle.
Both cars left the parking lot with the two defendants following the other vehicle.
The cars reached the 2500 block of West 2nd Street where four friends were outside.
One of those friends threw a punch at Bangoura through the open driver’s side window.
The two defendants immediately began driving away with both firing weapons out the windows.

Paris Allen was shot in the head and died at the scene. A second man was hospitalized after he was hit in the buttocks region. That man has not been identified.