Teen pleads guilty in murder case that MN AG took away from local prosecutor
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota teenager has pleaded guilty to murder in the killing of a young mother. The deal Friday comes after Gov. Tim Walz took the rare step of taking the case away from Hennepin County prosecutors and handing it to Attorney General Keith Ellison amid criticism that the original plea deal was too lenient. Seventeen-year-old Foday Kevin Kamara of Brooklyn Park pleaded guilty as an adult in the 2020 killing of Zaria McKeever. He admitted to shooting her in a confrontation allegedly instigated by McKeever’s ex-boyfriend, who’s set to go on trial April 1. The state agreed to recommend Kamara get 10 years and 10 months.