Police on Tuesday in Oakdale arrested two men who are suspected of fatally shooting a 21-year-old man in West St. Paul earlier this month.
Terrell Theo Payne, 19, of Little Canada, and Nathan Wesley McDonald, 22, were arrested at McDonald’s Oakdale townhouse, according to West St. Paul Interim Police Chief Brian Sturgeon.
On July 9, a friend found Lawrence Terrance Renfro dead in his main-floor unit at the Oakdale Terrace apartment complex just before 11 a.m. The friend called police.
Sturgeon would not release a motive for the killing Tuesday, nor say how Payne and McDonald knew Renfro.
Surveillance cameras caught the suspects at the apartment complex, but it took some time to identify them because they had clothing covering their faces, Sturgeon said Tuesday.
Payne and McDonald have been booked into the Dakota County jail on suspicion of second-degree murder. Charges are expected by noon Thursday, Sturgeon said.
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Renfro, who was the father of a young boy, died of multiple gunshot wounds, according to the Hennepin County medical examiner’s office.
The apartment complex is at 1940 Oakdale Ave., west of U.S. 52 and north of Mendota Road. Renfro moved into the apartment about two months earlier and lived there with his girlfriend, his family said.
Renfro was a cook at the Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant in Oakdale, according to his family.
McDonald’s criminal history includes a conviction for possessing drug paraphernalia in 2017 and one for driving after revocation in 2018, Minnesota court records show.
Payne’s criminal record has a driving without a license conviction in 2018.
Assisting West St. Paul police in the arrests were Oakdale police, the Washington County SWAT Team, and the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
