ST PAUL, Minn — Another young man has been charged in the shooting death of 22-year-old Alex Becker.
Detwan Cortell Allen, 20, of St. Paul, was charged with second-degree murder on Friday.
Last month, 20-year-old Arteze Kinerd was also charged with second-degree murder.
In December, Becker was on his way home from work when he was shot and killed steps away from his home on the 500 block of Lawson Avenue West in St. Paul.
According to court documents, surveillance video showed Becker turning into an alley between Lawson and Hatch Avenues and walking toward his home.
Seconds later, video from another surveillance camera showed three men run down the alley Becker had just entered.
Another video, about 30 seconds later, "recorded four rapid gunshots followed by three rapid gunshots and a final gunshot," according to the criminal complaint.
Allen's second-degree murder charge carries a 40-year maximum sentence if convicted.
"Alex was a beautiful, gentle, smart, kind, hardworking, generous person. He loved Pokémon, D&D, Naruto, cartography, and Warcraft 3. He spent every day taking care of everyone and thinking of others. He was a hard worker and when he wasn’t working, he was spending time with his family," his mother, Tara Becker, told KARE 11 following his death.
