MINNEAPOLIS — A woman faces murder and assault charges for driving an SUV into a crowd in downtown Minneapolis, killing a teenager and injuring at least five other people.
The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office on Tuesday announced charges of second-degree murder and five counts of second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon against 22-year-old Latalia Anjolie Margalli of Minneapolis. Court records do not list an attorney for Margalli, and she has no listed phone number. She is being held on $1.5 million bail.
A criminal complaint said two groups of people were involved in an altercation early Saturday when the SUV drove into the crowd, killing 16-year-old De’Miaya Broome.
“This was a devastating crime,” Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said in a news release. “Ms. Margalli’s life-changing decision to drive her car into a group of people has left the De’Miaya family with a huge void.”
The complaint said Margalli and her friends had been involved in a “verbal altercation” with De’Miaya and her friends. The complaint said Margalli got into his SUV and drove directly into a crowd without braking, striking De’Miaya and several others.
Police located the SUV a short time later, thanks in part to a witness following the vehicle, the complaint said.
De’Miaya was pronounced dead at a hospital. Moriarty’s office said injuries to others included broken bones and a head injury.